Essay by Martha Quillen
Modern life – July 2004 – Colorado Central Magazine
T.S. Eliot once wrote “April is the cruelest month.” Whereas I would have said May. But Eliot went on:
“…breeding,
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.”
So maybe Eliot’s April is our May. After all, we do tend to be a little behind here in Central Colorado. By the time our lilacs bloom, the rest of the country is adorning statues with red poppies fashioned out of crepe paper.
