T. S. Eliot's long poem, The Waste Land, published way back in 1922, describes April appropriately and accurately. I think we in the northeast can all relate
"April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain."
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Veratrum viride |
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Goodyera oblongifolia, in the orchid family |
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