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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.

Copyright © Debbie Guzzi | Year Posted 2011

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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 Login to Reply

Jslambert Mister Roboto Date: 3/19/2011 2:08:00 PM Excellent! SOUP MAIL! ~JS Login to Reply

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 Login to Reply

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 Login to Reply

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 Login to Reply

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 Login to Reply

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 Login to Reply

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 Login to Reply

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 !! :) Login to Reply

Sara Kendrick Date: 3/13/2011 2:26:00 PM Good luck in the contest..Sara Login to Reply

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. Login to Reply