Daver Austin Poet Free verse

My Backyard In Spring

MY BACKYARD IN SPRING

My backyard in spring
How the ground cover gradually fills in
How the pointillist buds    some popping    slowly line
    bare branches
Just this simple awakening suddenly freshens my entire frame
The white-painted houses    now color highlighted    thrust a stark
    memory of emptiness    quickly deleted   though    by a song
    then flap of friendly wings
And the sky in early spring – how so much more bright and blue
Oh    I need to walk out on this
This dewy wonderfulness
Need to plant bare feet
Feel the thankful soil between my toes
Need to lift my chin on high
Eager to be blinded by a liberated sun

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Joe Maverick April 9, 2012 at 7:16 PM Great write here Daver,, but you've got me dealing with the sun as well..as i'm drowning in allthe dewy wonderfulness my high chin seems to be blocking the worst of that sunlight however....when...WHAM.." i've connected with a large white house that anyone should've seen.." i'don't know about this graphic discriptive stuff you're doing these days,, i think if you carry on like this you should place a danger sign on the lawn..! yours Joe..)

Doris Culverhouse March 28, 2012 at 4:05 PM sounds like heaven! I had a nice thick spot in my lawn where the clover and bermuda met loved to walk on it and squish....;]

Andrea Dietrich March 27, 2012 at 9:37 PM Wow. what a splendid springtime poem this is. Did you post it at PFT, my friend. ONe of your most wonderful poems!!! a delight.

Debbie Guzzi March 27, 2012 at 8:00 AM very very good! I loved how you brought sound and tactile sensations into the write! Thanks so much for stopping by my writes! Light & Love

Ann Roske March 26, 2012 at 2:35 PM This brighten my day - chase away the fog and gray! Nice piece of writing.

Eleftherios Ioannou March 26, 2012 at 1:38 PM Definitely having senses for living. Congratulations on your connection to the environment.

Elizabeth Wesley March 23, 2012 at 5:11 PM I can almost see you lift your chin and take it all in. Sounds like a perfect spring day, could be in my back yard too!

Wilma Neels March 23, 2012 at 7:07 AM Your last line just does it for me Daver, quite a picture you painted here. enjoyed it tremendously, love Wilma

Michelle Mac Donald March 23, 2012 at 6:53 AM Ah, this is an exhilarating and most inspiring piece, Daver. It fills the senses of the reader, so that we too can share your wonderment and the warm pleasures of this "liberated sun". Love the imagery with the teeming energy it invokes! Thanks for sharing this morning 'pick me up'.:) Best wishes, love, Mikki

Caroline Cécile Delacroix March 22, 2012 at 4:16 PM Nature always soothes, and how nice to have it right in your own backyard! I love this write, especially the last 6 lines, ending with "....a liberated sun! Lovely, and colorful write, Dave! And thanks for the comments on my latest, and yes, I do bear a famous name, though I am not related to the famous painter, Eugene Delacroix. He never married. But his work was quite brilliant, and a bit controversial in his time. Have a nice day! Caroline.

Jessica K March 22, 2012 at 2:54 PM Loving this weather as well, beautiful poem, daver!

Anne-Lise Andresen March 22, 2012 at 12:15 PM Hooray.... finally comes Spring!!!!! Well done daver!!! - oxox Anne-Lise

Poet Destroyer A March 22, 2012 at 11:47 AM i love spring take care always p.d.