Spring and All

<p>-Still the profound change</p><p>has come upon them: rooted they</p><p>grip down and begin to awaken.</p><p> </p><p>So ends the first poem in William Carlos Williams' quirky iconic <em>Spring and All</em> published in 1923. One hundred years later the Red Wheelbarrow Writers' <em>Spring and All</em> 2023 anthology takes up its challenge: Profound change lies at the heart of each piece. Some authors write with raffish humor some with wry nostalgia some with elegiac undercurrents. These authors display a dazzling array of poetry and prose: art seeking to articulate insight. Across a broad canvas of expression <em>Spring and All</em> 2023 writers contend with life's Aha! moments. That uplifting Aha! might take place in a train rattling across a foreign landscape or in front of an enigmatic lilac bush or during a Midwestern summer afternoon with a baseball game wafting in from the radio even on an ordinary driveway. <em>Spring and All</em> 2023 offers readers a sense of awakening sparking deeper understanding renewed wonder and refreshed reverence.</p>