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Burn Baby Burn

Butter the ground with sunshine melt the peppered snow bake the frozen field as you chase the lavender clouds from the grey felt sky. Prime the pump of periwinkle Pop the kernel shaped bud of lilac and forsythia Soon, the mouths of children will water at the sight of rhubarb spears! Spring arrives on the strain of slip jig.. Breeze born on a fiddler's string.

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Marcus Antwan

Date: 4/17/2011 2:57:00 PM

lovely poem. the central theme is great, and the usage of alliteration was intelligent, cool. awesome. thank you for your comments on my work, and I hope I moved the category in its' rightful place. -MA

Jslambert Mister Roboto

Date: 3/19/2011 2:08:00 PM

Excellent! SOUP MAIL! ~JS

Gert W. Knop

Date: 3/15/2011 8:42:00 AM

Best of luck in the contest, Debbie! thank you for commenting "Pebbles". No, the third line is really necessary for the cut! it really follows the original impression of a Japanese Haiku. Poor Japanese, I am really deeply in sorrow with them now facing the biggest nuclear disaster in history. Thank you for your comment an have a great week!...Love, Gert

James Peranteau

Date: 3/14/2011 5:17:00 PM

What a fantast write Debbie ! The poesy here is awesome...your Free verse flows with great ease, as a poet calls for "Free verse" ! much love, james

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 3/14/2011 12:24:00 PM

I always find jo in the sights and sounds of spring, Deb. Not sure if you were referring to sunburn in the title, but enjoyed your images of spring. Love, Carolyn

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 3/14/2011 11:23:00 AM

After a very super weekend I am back at the soup reading. I enjoyed reading your poetry this morning Debbie. There are so many diverse writers here and I am so happy I am able to read most of them. Have a wonderful week and may you find what you are looking for in life and in your writing. Love, Carol

Sidney Beck

Date: 3/13/2011 3:46:00 PM

Deb, this is excellent....MY kind of poetry, especially "butter the ground" and "strain of a slip jig"......nature poetry I love it.......by the way I have submitted a poem for your The Rhyme Inside contest.....it has lots of internal rhyme but unfortunately it has end rhyme too.....so if you can't accept it please tell me and I will submit another ....sincerely Syd

Nette Onclaud

Date: 3/13/2011 3:10:00 PM

DAZZZZZLINGER! debs, this perky one is a mile away from the box! love the alliteration and contemporary feel of this sixxler, whooo... where have you been, lights?? winner! :) huggs, nette

Jay Del Fierro

Date: 3/13/2011 3:09:00 PM

P.D. said what i was gonna say,wasn't sure what to expect from the title,yet after reading....let the sunshine in !! :)

Sara Kendrick

Date: 3/13/2011 2:26:00 PM

Good luck in the contest..Sara

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 3/13/2011 1:50:00 PM

Humm not what I was expecting with that title... but still an excellent.POW.. POW.poem.. enjoyed the.new.season change... how you been by the way... stopping by to say hi.. always...p.d.