Poet Ally Ang contemplates the delight of welcoming springtime in Seattle

Each day during the month of April, KUOW is highlighting the work of Seattle-based poets for National Poetry Month. In this series curated by Seattle Civic Poet and Ten Thousand Things host Shin Yu Pai, you'll find a selection of poems for the mind, heart, senses, and soul.

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n "Spring in Seattle," poet Ally Ang contemplates the unending gray Pacific Northwest skies that eventually give way to light and new growth, while practicing patience.

Ally Ang is a self-described "gaysian" poet and editor. A Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee, their work is published or forthcoming in The Rumpus, Foglifter, The Margins, and elsewhere. Ally has received fellowships and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Trust, and the Jack Straw Writers Program. Find them at allysonang.com or on Twitter and IG @TheOceanIsGay.

A different version of this poem was previously published in the 2022 Jack Straw Writers Program anthology.