The Death of Winter

Grasped within the gentle breeze
Winter fell, collapsed to knees
And asked aloud to fallen trees
If they would die as enemies
And answered back the call of Spring,
A small black bird began to sing
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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March 6, 2015 at 3:21 AM
KAITLYN, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you have fun with this wonderful community. You'll find many friendly poets who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST in hopes it inspires you in some way. I will enjoy following you and your poetry:) We are Lucky To Have you. Enjoy 2015, with New Poet Friends @-> LINDA <-@
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March 2, 2015 at 11:09 AM
Kaitlyn I am so pleased you tried the limerick- you have time to tweak a bit- you want to get the lines LONG/ LONG/ short/ short/LONG- 5 lines only. I am soup mailing you. Light & Love
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March 2, 2015 at 11:11 AM
ut oh no soup mail! try to get the syllable count down to 9/9/7/7/9 if you need help I have a blog up on how to write limericks
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March 1, 2015 at 11:12 PM
Great write. I like the rhyming. #7
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