Will Ice Fishing No Longer Be a Sport?

Bear with me. There is a connection between ice fishing and the heat we're experiencing. I blame it on the insidious warming of this world.

Will Ice Fishing No Longer Be a Sport?

The vernal equinox up north:

more mud than buds, branches

still bare. Spools of sunshine

soften crusted snow, turning it

sloppy as ice cream left out too long.

Other days clouds commandeer the sky

and unleash a numbing embrace

of winter. Both conditions standard

springtime fare: three steps forward

then two steps back. But every year

whispers earlier, each season a touch

reaches deeper.

And I worry about the ice fisherman next door.

Marilyn Aschoff Mellor