It’s the last Poetry Friday of National Poetry Month 2025 and the end of a week that included both Earth Day and the launch of The Clock and the Boulder, my time-travel novel for ages 9-12—a book that takes place at this time of year. To honor them all, I’m sharing a poem that I wrote a few years ago about one of my favorite features of spring. This all ties together in my head—April springtime, new beginnings, the natural world, and the rich details of language.
Birdsong on a Spring Morning
Tiny, full notes
sound like the starts
of pink, yellow, green
leaves, buds, blades of grass.
Listen, hear the wonders
of beaks and feathers
warming a small winged being.
And another answers back.
© Karin Fisher-Golton
To go with the poem and these themes, here is a detail from the back cover of The Clock and the Boulder. The protagonist loves sewing and animals. I was grateful that the cover artist, Marik Berghs, thought to bring those aspects together in this little image.
See the full front and back covers on my Tuesday post, The Clock and the Boulder Is Launched!
And enjoy more poetry for this last Poetry Friday of National Poetry Month 2025 at Heidi Mordhorst’s wonderfully named blog, my juicy little universe.
Karin Fisher-Golton 
Congratulations on your book launch!
Thank you!
Congratulations on your book launch and thanks for sharing your birdsong poem. I am especially fond of how you connected the notes of bird song to the colors emerging in the spring landscape. Nice!
Thanks so much!
That one word command, “Listen” is perfectly placed. Many congratulations on your book! Enjoy the launch.
Thank you! And thank you for the Poetry Friday art. I love the collage quality of it. I finally updated from the green one with this post.
Karin, so many spring thoughts in this post. I love the flowers, greens, and birds of this season too. (I actually wrote about spring Friday too.) The time travel book sounds fascinating. I too love that sweet detail of the stitched bird on the back cover of your book. Congratulations!
Thank you!
I noticed there were a lot of spring poems this week–yours among them. I’ve really enjoyed that delving into spring through poetry.
Congratulations on your book launch! I love the way you compared birdsong to budding plants.
Thank you!
Congrats on the book launch!
I adore the way you make us see/hear/experience both the color and the sound of the birds and the buds and the grass. Spring is alive. ❤️
Thanks so much, Karen!