POEM: “The frogs are singing!”

April 22, 2026

By Patricia Ranzoni

BIG NIGHTS, COME SPRING

Oh hear!

The frogs are singing!

    Answering

I swear!

what the crickets asked

in September

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—Ranzoni was Bucksport’s poet laureate from 2014 to 2025.

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