Explore the gentle unfurling of spring and reflect on how nature celebrates birth and renewalin this collection of reflections by our greatest writers.As winters austere power begins to fade we notice the first signs of vigor and life returning to the world delicate crocuses pushing through the damp earth frogs croaking in the barely thawed ponds the years first warm breeze on our faces.These first sure signs of spring bolster our spirits and remind us of the eternal cycle of death and rebirth and alsoampampamp8212more poignantlyampampamp8212of the steady march of time and our own advancing years. With each successive spring it seems we cherish the promise of renewed life more and more.These thoughtfully chosen writings poems and meditationsampampamp8212from Robert Frost Lisa Couturier William Blake and Lady Sarashina to the eighthcentury Chinese poet Tu Fu and many othersampampamp8212both celebrate springs reemergence of life and evoke the seasons delicate balance of growth and decay youth and maturity innocence and experience.