Springtime Serenade

Dreaming with the sleeping pines On a lazy afternoon The sprightly finch chirps mating calls How lovingly he croons As yawning flowers open wide Their multicolored blooms Sweet aromas hovering Cause butterflies to swoon While feeble breezes undulate The hammock to and fro Brown dead leaves set sail again Wild blue yonder blow A woodpecker is tapping at The next door neighbors willow I'm smiling and envisioning That shady fishing hole Awakened by a cold wet nose Some friendly tongue and cheek Sweet serenade of springtime Sings me back to sleep But old cold nose is restless now And at a playful peak I tell him on these lazy days "Just let me fish in peace" by Daniel Turner 5-19-2017