​Poetry

Spring Beckons
​by Mary Heldman
Large, chunky,
Delicious daffodils,
Blossoms bobbing in a row,
Subtle fragrance wafting low.
 
 
Hundreds of upright waving heads,
Taxicab yellow and nectarine orange,
Large eyes nodding, beckoning
From fleshy green-leaved stems.
 
A piercing tableau of starchy precision,
Choreographed,
Synchronized,
Scrumptious,
Spunky.
 
Spring’s early starters.
About Mary Heldman
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​Mary Heldman is retired from a career in medical school administration, computer programming, and business systems analysis. She grew up in Los Angeles, but lived in Palo Alto, Washington D.C., Cambridge, and Stony Brook, New York before settling in San Francisco in 1974. She tutors at a local high school, studies piano, and designs costume jewelry. From time to time she writes sardonic prose for her friends. Mary wishes she lived with a chocolate lab or a golden retriever, but she doesn’t.
Other works by Mary in this issue:
​The Ocean Beach Sentry (Poetry, Bay Area Stew)
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