Love's Tender Greening Bud

Come, gentle Spring,
into my winter heart
long frozen beneath a wide expanse of snow.
Seek out the slumbering flower
hidden in the dormant sod;
charm her from frigid grave
with sweet, warm sighs and penetrating rains.
Come, incessant Spring,
and ravage my still heart with beauty's multitude.
Persist until I feel
love's tender greening bud
burst through surrendered soil.

Faye Lanham Gibson
Copyright, 1987

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014



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Date: 5/9/2014 10:30:00 AM
Hi Faye, This is an exquisitely beautiful write, magnificent portrayal of a beautiful soul. I wish more than anything to be able to give you a thousand trophy's. This write tugged at my heart and my soul. Thank you for sharing this write with us here. Peace, Deborah
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Faye Gibson
Date: 5/9/2014 12:33:00 PM
Thank you, Deborah. I appreciate so much your responding as you have.
Date: 5/9/2014 10:12:00 AM
Thank you for sharing :) It touched my heart
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Faye Gibson
Date: 5/9/2014 12:32:00 PM
Thank you, James.
Date: 5/9/2014 10:05:00 AM
Faye this is so lovely,. it does something to me.. I read your comment on my poem about my son... Hugs to you.. my heart breaks for you have you wrote about it??? if so I would love to read it.. Brooke
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Date: 5/9/2014 12:23:00 PM
Hi, Brooke, the poems "First Born" and "Awful Weight of Agony" are about the death of my son.
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