Inklings of Spring

Winter finally moves his lumpen sluggish weight, Spring is like a shy dryad shivering in his arms Wind's whippets droop to trifling whine Sullen rain hisses to a grizzle. tiny fruit buds swell enough to moisten lips. First daffodil maidens preen, bright faces so fair! Chattering swallows check granite grey mortared mansion. Duck naps snug, beak a chest --- gull floats overhead. Longer days mean I must leave my snuggly, sleepy daze, slightly more light; work energies reappear poetry is laid aside in favour of trimming trees seething solar heating sound, signals dimly smiling sun. seed packets eagerly spread out – What to plant this season? Suddenly, more bees aflight – our crops will be alright! Another cycle begins! 1) Anthropomorphism 2) Simile 3) Metaphor 4) onomatopoeia 5)Synaesthesia 6) Personification 7) Sensory Imagery 8) Ellipsis 9) Homophone 10) Caesura 11) Pun 12) Alliteration 13) Rhetorical Question 14)Internal Rhyme 15) Truism Written 20th August for Line Gautier Contest - A Litany of Poetic Devices