By Scott Neuman After reciting his "Ode to the Equinox," Annapolis poet laureate Jefferson Holland, right, holds his burning sock high as the crowd cheers to kick off the sock-burning tradition at the Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park on Saturday. Tyrone Turner/NPR hide caption ANNAPOLIS, Md. – How do you welcome spring after one of the coldest winters in decades? In the Chesapeake Bay town of Annapolis, by burning your socks. This annual festival, which draws hundreds, is held in the city's Eastport neighborhood and timed to coincide with the spring equinox. It's a potent blend of smelly socks, alcohol, music, piles of oysters and more than a hint of pyromania. "I like to watch the socks burn, something about that," acknowledges Mary Keller, a lifelong Annapolis resident. Nicholas Buscemi shows off his Maryland state flag socks. He said he was not going to be burning these, but he had an old pair to throw into the fire.…