Kim Rodrigues Poet Italian Sonnet

Spring Unleashed

Rain rushed in like a concert audience.
There’s nothing calm about Spring’s arrival.
The specter gusts regrets and survival,
Strip limbs for whips — a sore obedience.

A path cut through, a cold subservience.
The robin’s heavy breast with cheep revival.*
A rose depressed in past Spring’s archival.
Absence of warmth, enrages audience.

A sip of dandelion wine — desire
spurs wholesome cheat, complete with snowy seeds.
Remembrance of unwrinkled hands - youth’s lore,
A marshmallow on spit, and rosy fire.

Enhance the peace and love of daisy beads.
Unwind the twister’s coil, unleash Spring’s core. 

3/21/2018
Greg Cornish’s Petrarchan Sonnet contest

cheep - to utter faint shrill sounds : peep, to utter a single word or sound
(from Merriam Webster dictionary) Also mimics the word “cheap”

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Pashang Salehi March 23, 2018 at 2:01 AM Beautiful poem, with a theme that covers the title so beautifully... Kim Rodrigues March 23, 2018 at 6:05 AM Thank you! I appreciate your comment about the title, too!

Demetrios Trifiatis March 22, 2018 at 10:34 AM Sipping the nectar of your poetry one is easily inspired dear, Kim! Good luck! Kim Rodrigues March 22, 2018 at 12:34 PM Thanks so much, Demetrios!

Tom Cunningham March 22, 2018 at 3:48 AM Beautifully done Kim, wish nature would unleash spring on us, Good luck in the contest. Tom Kim Rodrigues March 22, 2018 at 5:20 AM Thank you, Tom! Me too! Still cold here!

Mick Talbot March 21, 2018 at 7:06 PM Love it, especially the refrain/envoy. Wishing you success in the contest... Mick Kim Rodrigues March 21, 2018 at 7:08 PM Thanks, Mick! Phew...not an easy write :)