In Sunshine and in Showers: April Weaves Together Blossoms, Love, and Poetry

Why April has inspired generations of poets to write about love, nature, and new beginnings.
In Sunshine and in Showers: April Weaves Together Blossoms, Love, and Poetry
Fresco featuring "Allegory of April – Triumph of Venus," circa 1469, by Francesco del Cossa at the Palazzo Schifanoia in Ferrara, Italy. Public Domain
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No one knows for certain the precise origin of “Aprilis,” which we now call April.

Some contend that it derives from the Latin “aperire,” meaning “to open.” It’s the month when the lands of the Northern Hemisphere shed the grim grip of winter and open themselves to verdant grasses and bright blossoms.

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Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.