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First Day of April

FIRST DAY OF ARRIL

The ground still crunches ‘neath my step
Yet    this mild sense of renewal

Eyes still overcast
    dirty snow
                   rotting leaves   
                       that endless roof of gray clouds
Yet    this mild sense of renewal
  
The calendar’s 24th day
            strikes a Sunday    short sleeve warmth
Easter!
Yet    this lingering fact of winter

Discouraging
But    the wide    mild whiff
                                    thought of spring
                                          overrides EVERYTHING!
And    I am born once again

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Sara Kendrick

Date: 4/6/2011 3:03:00 PM

Spring does that to us doesn't it...Very descriptive of the feelings..Enjoyed reading this afternoon..Sara

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 4/6/2011 2:19:00 PM

ahhh we live in hope, I can't stand all this gloom and cold and raw wind! brrrrrrrr Light & Love

Kabuteng P.Ink K.

Date: 4/6/2011 6:24:00 AM

I love how you say that Spring overrides everything-- rebirth indeed! well I sure hope that winter doesn't creep back in though?? btw just one itty bitty typo for April in your title-- & ooh wee, I just read Andrea below-- well come on over and let's enjoy the sunshine here :D-- here I am now bottling up sunshine & sending it your way :) adding in some hugs too! :)

Elaine George

Date: 4/6/2011 12:10:00 AM

Exactly.! Way to go my friend. WHEN THAT FIRST BREATH OF SPRING ARRIVES, I become like that little dog - you know - the one in the cartoon - 'Snoopy'. I fell Like I am rising 3 feet above the ground. Wonderful writing my friend and thank you for your kind comments on 'How a Blue Rose Came to Be'. Love Lainie

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 4/5/2011 10:09:00 PM

And .... April Fools! It snows again. hahaha. Daver,this is wonderful. Much more hopeful you are now becoming! Fly with me to sunny Phillipines and let's go see Nikko!

James Foulk

Date: 4/3/2011 7:12:00 PM

i just love the line, thought of spring, overrides everything, which is all so true. enjoyed reading this one. thank you for reading little girl grown and for your comment

Doris Culverhouse

Date: 4/3/2011 2:15:00 PM

like this renewal of spring.....enjoyed

Wilma Neels

Date: 4/3/2011 11:11:00 AM

Enjoyed your poem on renewal Dave, loved how you welcome change in this write of yours.. Hope your Sunday will be a great one ;) love Wilma

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 4/3/2011 10:54:00 AM

Those feelings of renewal that come with spring seem to be brought on by the site of flowers peering out of the ground again. Hope the remnants of winter are leaving you behind, Daver. Enjoy springtime! Love, Carolyn