Poem "Oxymoronic"

Oxymoronic—

I understand the word now—

It’s seeing this snow flutter and fall

to cover cottonwoods just leafing out,

to smother pansies, tulips and daffodils—

the fresh-mown emerald grass on the golf course

in Jeremy Ranch

To these expressions:

gigantic shrimp,

and steel magnolias,

I add this: remnant, residual, linger-

ing winter snow-covered spring blossoming.