top of page
All Videos

All Videos

Listen: Videos
Listen: Music
Listen: Text

THE GRAND OPENING

© 2020 Ani McManus, Sweet Day Publishing

one tiny crocus grew through 

a crack in the street

not knowing the kind of world

she would meet

but she wanted to be here

in time for spring

didn’t want to miss

the grand opening


she stole that sliver of light

and made her escape

small wild one emerged

without a scrape

but there’s no space

in that broken place 

that’s easy to share

still she made me stop 

in my tracks to stare


hello everyone it’s almost spring

you know it’s true cause that’s

what crocuses bring

and they sing

we come for the sun

we are here

your days of darkness

will disappear

and you sing you sing spring is near


a crack in the clouds

recited the spell of fire

no words could draw the awe

that glow would inspire


though the only garden she knows

is the crack in the street

how many dreams can she grow

in that bed of concrete

wondering about the wanderers

who pass her by day

and the ones who see her

but still walk away


hello everyone it’s almost spring

you know it’s true cause that’s

what crocuses bring

and they sing

we come for the sun

we are here

will our days of darkness disappear

we want to sing we want to sing

spring is here


the crack in the street had been a 

dangerous dare

but it was worth it for the chance

to breathe the birth of air

and we sing we sing we sing

Listen: Text

PRETTY TREE

© 2020 Ani McManus, Sweet Day Publishing

pretty cherry tree

cherry pretty tree

outside my window

your buds are beginning to show

your buds are beginning to grow

cherry tree take it slow

hold on not so fast

make your beauty last


pretty cherry tree

cherry pretty tree

outside blossoming

every year in the spring

it’s always the same thing

your disappearing pink fling

and i can’t hold on to you

as long as i want to