Plum Blossoms in Snow

Plum blossoms start blooming in February in Japan.  (Please read my plum post for more information.)  In Japanese poems, February is already spring, but just now it sure doesn’t feel like that in DC.  Here is a 10^th century Japanese poem that reflects how I feel:

　梅が枝に                                branch of plum

　  きゐるうぐひす                     warbler is hidden

　　 春かけて                              spring premonition

　 鳴けども今だ                      although singing

   　　 雪は降りつつ               　   snow is falling