{"id":72877,"date":"2026-03-10T15:20:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T19:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=72877"},"modified":"2026-03-14T20:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T00:24:07","slug":"it-looks-like-spring-has-come-but-dont-be-fooled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2026\/03\/it-looks-like-spring-has-come-but-dont-be-fooled.html","title":{"rendered":"It Looks Like Spring Has Come, But Don’t Be Fooled<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two days of suddenly warm weather here in New York City brought this poem to mind,
though it’s really too early to think about it . . . <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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T.S. Eliot<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

APRIL IS NOT THE CRUELEST<\/strong><\/em>

\u201cFinally,\u201d he said,  
\u201dthe daffodils are here \u2014 
and all that malarkey.\u201d 
It\u2019s a steal-worthy line 
making perfectly clear 
that spring has come, 
and that a great matter 
like the season\u2019s arrival 
faces scoffers like us 
who prefer not to dote. 
April is not the cruelest. 
It must be June or May, 
when daffodils wilt 
and die away.<\/strong>

jh<\/em><\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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