Where Clover Grows

Where clover grows and rivers wind
Across green meadows, daisies find
A honeycomb"s sweet pattern weaves
Around the tulips graceful sleeves
In pastel clouds of blue combined

With pinks and purples unconfined
Yellow following close behind
And winter's sister takes her leave
Where clover grows

As hummingbirds and bees remind
Cruel April also can be kind
Wings bloom as butterflies believe
A warmer land offers reprieve
And spring arrives in sunlit minds
Where clover grows.

4/30/22
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Proxenos Avatar
June 11, 2022 at 3:11 AM
Michelle you have written about a Springtime wonder, a magical season awaited by all that lives on our planet which slowly and magically awakens to its warm wonder, and it's inviting colorful nature changing, as if it enjoys fashion to always matching its surroundings and blending in with its brothers and sisters. EXCELLENT POETRY! Hugs and blessings, Jennifer
George Avatar
May 31, 2022 at 8:51 PM
Michelle, you have done a wonderful job. Rondeau is always a difficult form of poetry for me. You have done it without effort in neat flow....! This goes into my FAV.
Cohen Avatar
May 16, 2022 at 9:04 PM
What a wonderful conception and a joy to read. Loved all of it, especially "Coy April also can be kind."
Faulkner Avatar
May 16, 2022 at 9:12 PM
I appreciate your time to read and comment, thank you kindly Eric
Eslinger Avatar
May 14, 2022 at 10:27 AM
Michelle! Penned with the trick smooth beauty of inspiration in hand with our Lord’s artistic brush! Thank you! xo sally
Faulkner Avatar
May 16, 2022 at 9:11 PM
Thank you so much, Sally (and spellcheck gets me too)
Eslinger Avatar
May 14, 2022 at 10:30 AM
Michelle, spellcheck changed Lyric to Trick. So sorry! Yikes that is awful!
Kauffman Avatar
May 13, 2022 at 9:59 AM
Michelle, you have taken an artist's color filled brush of words to leave us with this enchanting picture of fawns and meadows, farms and gardens lush with the life of spring! Congratulations on your well deserved win! Blessings my friend!
Faulkner Avatar
May 13, 2022 at 2:08 PM
I do love the gentle colors of spring, after such a long gray winter - thanks for your encouraging words, Sam!
Goldsmith Avatar
May 13, 2022 at 8:23 AM
Congratulations on your win. A lovely write. I can see it all. Have a blessed day/weekend......................
Faulkner Avatar
May 13, 2022 at 2:08 PM
Glad for your comment, Paula, have a great weekend~
Miller Avatar
May 13, 2022 at 7:51 AM
Wonderful rondeau, congratulations
Faulkner Avatar
May 13, 2022 at 2:07 PM
Thank you, Terry
Alex Avatar
May 12, 2022 at 7:02 PM
"Where clover grows" - Great! Congratulations!
Faulkner Avatar
May 13, 2022 at 2:07 PM
Thank you very much~
Dietrich Avatar
May 12, 2022 at 4:30 PM
I agree with Regina. Wonderful. And CONGRATS I can see here!!
Faulkner Avatar
May 13, 2022 at 2:07 PM
Much appreciated, thank you Andrea
Mcintosh Avatar
May 12, 2022 at 12:13 PM
Wonderful write. I love it. Congrats and God bless you, Love, Gina
Faulkner Avatar
May 12, 2022 at 2:34 PM
I am grateful for the comment and the placement in your contest, thank you kindly, Gina
Ashley Avatar
May 11, 2022 at 9:33 AM
Ah, it's been awhile since I've lost myself within the beauty of your soulful poetry, Michelle, but I haven't forgotten how much I relish it. Your exquisite rhythm and rhymes takes my heart's imagination to where clover grows. I adore every line of gentle yet vibrant imagery and metaphor your gifted pen bestows upon the page. I especially loved " winter's sister" and "fragile fawns".. indeed April can be fickle and new life delicate, you capture the season with finesse. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan
Faulkner Avatar
May 12, 2022 at 2:33 PM
So pleased for another visit from you, Susan, you always brighten my day with your generous spirit and kind heart, hoping you are having a lovely May~
Watt Avatar
May 2, 2022 at 8:09 AM
Michelle, your love of clover spills from every line. The lovely colors you sprinkle in all sing of spring, and your fragile fawns speak of new life and turning the corner towards warmer days. I just love 'the tulips graceful sleeves', and 'spring arrives in sunlit minds' is a classic line, just pure poetry. What a springtime jewel this is, going into my faves ~ John
Faulkner Avatar
May 3, 2022 at 11:54 AM
I do love the spring colors, am just hoping for more sunny days, thank you for the time to read and comment and the compliment of making it a fave, and happy May to you~
Leffanta Avatar
May 1, 2022 at 11:25 AM
Enjoy the rain as it will be needed when wildfires approach! Oh, for more "sunlit minds"!!!! Aloha!
Faulkner Avatar
May 3, 2022 at 11:53 AM
Let's hope for no wildfires this year! Thank you Rico
Horsman Avatar
May 1, 2022 at 5:44 AM
Love this Michelle, reminds me many years ago, in the dales of Yorkshire, after a rain fall, the perfume of clover lingered in the air for an age. Your poem takes me there, thank you.
Faulkner Avatar
May 3, 2022 at 11:52 AM
I am so glad this brought back a good memory for you, thank you for your comment, harry
Meadows Avatar
April 30, 2022 at 11:57 PM
A lovely poem. Well done.
Faulkner Avatar
May 3, 2022 at 11:52 AM
Thank you, Jeanette
Deo Avatar
April 30, 2022 at 10:06 PM
Another beauty from the Universe that made us all, in ONE EARTH COMMUNITY, songelp us ... See with M. Faulkner eyes!! I notice crocuses, daffodils, jonquils, then forsythias in the Eastern USA. Clover tells me u may be in America's dairylands. ThanX for thy presence Michelle
Faulkner Avatar
May 3, 2022 at 11:52 AM
Actually I am in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon to be exact) and we do have abundant clover in the spring, thank you for your comment :)
Wolf Avatar
April 30, 2022 at 8:42 PM
So full of wondrous imagery, Michelle. I especially like 'where fragile fawns walk,' ... 'and spring arrives in sunlit minds.' A gem!! Thanks, Gershon
Faulkner Avatar
April 30, 2022 at 8:48 PM
We are getting a few sunny days here and there but most of the time it is still quite rainy, so the sunny days are in my mind! Thanks for your kind comment, gw~
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