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The Metamorphosis of Spring

Spring's mystical womb
Delivers new bloom
Each year
With bud and perfume
She flees Winter's tomb
With cheer,

And heeding the call
To be Summer's thrall
She leaps
To spread her green shawl
In emerald sprawl
Then creeps,

Inside Autumn's gown
With burnished gold crown
And reigns
In orange-red-brown.
But soon tumbling down
She wanes,

As Winter winds blow
To end her grand show
And hide
Her last bit of glow
Beneath pall of snow—
Spring sighed...

Then laughed from below
"Oh, new embryo—
Abide."


Sandra M. Haight


~2nd Place~
Contest: Your Choice - Seasons, Festivals
Sponsored: Brian Strand
Judged: 07/01/2019

~4th Place~
Contest: Million Dollar Poem #1
Sponsor: Skat A
Judged: 06/12/2015

First Published in Easter 'Ideals Magazine' – February 1982
A prestigious magazine then, and a collector's item now.

Copyright © Sandra Haight | Year Posted 2015

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Brenda Chiri Date: 7/2/2019 3:33:00 AM Sandra congrats on your placement!;) Login to Reply

Skat A Date: 6/12/2015 9:50:00 PM Sandra, this blew me away. I love everything about the poem's imagery. Congratulations, thank you for supporting my million dollar poem contest. luv --SKAT-- Login to Reply

Kim Merryman Date: 5/12/2015 12:46:00 AM Sandra, I can see why this was published! Love the way it flows from one season to another. Wonderful poem! Love, Kim Login to Reply Sandra Haight Date: 5/14/2015 6:28:00 PM Thank you, Kim. I was fortunate that they liked it well enough to use it. I appreciate your stopping by again with your nice comments and support. Hugs, Sandra

Emile Pinet Date: 5/11/2015 8:12:00 PM The poet brings us back to nature once more to reawaken our taste for its purity and wonder. Very well put with easy flow rhythm and impeccable imagery. Emile. #7 Login to Reply Sandra Haight Date: 5/11/2015 8:46:00 PM Thank you so much, Emile. I am pleased that you enjoyed it and thank you so much for your nice comments and support. Sandra

Poesy Relish Date: 5/10/2015 10:22:00 AM Wow Sandra... the nature seems to dance with your tune... a winner... hugs, nad Login to Reply Sandra Haight Date: 5/11/2015 8:46:00 PM Hi Nad, so nice of you to visit again. Missed seeing you there for a while. Thank you for your nice comment! Hugs, Sandra

Sneha Rv Date: 5/9/2015 6:58:00 AM THIS IS ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS!!! ALL THE BEST FOR THE CONTEST, AND CONGRATS!!! THIS WILL SURELY WIN!!! :D :D :D Login to Reply Sandra Haight Date: 5/11/2015 8:47:00 PM Thank you so much, Sneha! I appreciate your visit and encouraging comments! Hugs, Sandra

Andrea Dietrich Date: 5/8/2015 9:39:00 PM wow, that is impressive. Well done,. Sandra.How I wish I could have bragging rights to being in a magazine like Ideal. that was a beautiful magazine, the kind that MANY people enjoyed, not like the crappy journals of today's high minded free verse poetry that boggles one's mind trying to figure out what they are talking about. I wish I had saved my Ideal magazines. I think my mom threw them out from when I lived at home. Awesome post. Login to Reply Sandra Haight Date: 5/11/2015 8:49:00 PM Thank you, Andrea. I sure miss those magazines! Ebay sells them as collectibles now. Thanks again for your supportive comments. Sandra

Andrea Dietrich Date: 5/8/2015 9:39:00 PM and look at that PAGE your poetry was on. WOW Login to Reply

Constance La France Date: 5/8/2015 6:20:00 PM Sandra, that is so neat how your presented this wonderful poem, it sure is a million dollar poem, 7 and thanks for visiting my poem, dance into may Login to Reply Sandra Haight Date: 5/11/2015 8:50:00 PM Hi Broken, thank you once again for your support and uplifting comments. I appreciate it so much. Hugs, Sandra

Sara Kendrick Date: 5/8/2015 3:37:00 PM Reads like a winning work..Way to go ..I enjoyed reading it..The form or style is wonderful..Thanks for the visit to my p age.Sara Login to Reply Sandra Haight Date: 5/11/2015 8:50:00 PM Thank you, Sara. I am pleased that you liked it, and thanks for your visit and nice comments. Hugs, Sandra

Genevieve Mika-Stevens Date: 5/8/2015 9:54:00 AM Such a breathtaking beautiful poem - words, rhyme and meaning. Enjoyed reading every word of it... Login to Reply Sandra Haight Date: 5/11/2015 8:52:00 PM Hi Genevieve, so happy you liked my poem. Thank you so much for visiting my page and for your positive comments! Sandra

Dia Alshirqati Date: 5/8/2015 4:17:00 AM Very beautiful poem, captivating language and close to the heart, thank you for all this beauty, I am happy to always communicate . Login to Reply Sandra Haight Date: 5/11/2015 8:53:00 PM Dheya, thank you so much for your positive and supportive comments. I really appreciate your stopping by to read my poem. Thanks again, Sandra

Nandita Das Date: 5/8/2015 3:35:00 AM Wow what a beauty. No wonder it was published in such a prestigious magazine. Congratulations. Perfect picture to go with it. Awesome. #7 Login to Reply Sandra Haight Date: 5/11/2015 8:54:00 PM Hi Nandta, thank you once again for your very uplifting comments and support. Your visits are always appreciated. Hugs, Sandra

Jan Allison Date: 5/8/2015 2:26:00 AM Wow Sandra this is a seasonal stunner and I love the image you have chosen with it:-) good luck in the contest:-) Hugs Jan xx Login to Reply Sandra Haight Date: 5/8/2015 2:35:00 AM Thank you, Jan, for your nice comment. The image is the page from the magazine my poem appeared it. Ideals always presented poems in such a lovely artistic way. Hugs, Sandr