Reason A. Poteet Poet Free verse

Spring's First Flower

     "Flowers fade and decay through wintry hours -  waiting for rebirth.”   Constance La France 

Working your way through hardened soil
beneath my back bedroom window - 
fetching note to my springtime eyes and nose
yellow yard breaking forth.

Marvel, unhelped by human hand
happens yearly right on schedule
I mowed you down in the heat last summer
when your blossoms faded. 

I seldom contemplate your roots -
the part of you that’s underground.
Your heart, disfigured bulb, succumbs below
transforms over winter.

What goes on down deep in the dirt
is a death of the dearest kind.
Nature takes over the care of the bulb -
rebirth is the result.  

Some have dubbed you daffodil;
mom always called you a jonquil;
others label you an Easter flower.
You bring new life to earth.

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Paula Goldsmith October 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM Congratulations on your win. I enjoyed reading your wonderful write. The daffodil is a pretty flower. As a young child, we had a driveway lined on both sides with these pretty flowers. Have Autumn Blessings As You Write Away............. Reason A. Poteet October 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM thank you, Paula, enjoyed your entry also (see comment). Before we moved here, I enjoyed one lone daffodil, a stranger who appeared yearly among my many irises. I welcomed her each spring with joy. Have a great weekend.

Christuraj Alex October 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM "I have dubbed you my daffodil; mom always called you a jonquil; others label you an Easter flower. You bring new life to earth." - A beautiful address to the daffodil. Congratulations! Reason A. Poteet October 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM Thank you, Christuraj. Good to hear from you again...

Anne-Lise Andresen October 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM - A beautiful spring poem, R.A.P. :) - Congratulations on your win in the contest :) - hugs Reason A. Poteet October 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM I thank the Lord for memory...in this rain we've experienced for the last four days (due to Hurricane Melissa, I guess) it is nice to think back on brighter days...I appreciate your comment; it lifts my spirit. Constance invited the spring theme of resurrection with her prompt this time.