Spring days, as a child,
While grasping the ropes tightly,
I soared heavenward.
Now, decades later, I love
Gliding gently while I read.
Spring is here!
Planting time is too.
Replenish and revive
Embracing life anew,
And relish being alive.
Dive in with delight; plant seeds of your own.
In this way, joy can be sown.
Nourish those seeds with your special style.
Grow flowered gladness with your sunny smile.
Hate can have no place in your garden space.
A haven of sweetness you must grow.
Pleasing peonies, precious primrose and
Perky pansies
In your garden you will show
Nodding in a warming April breeze.
Everybody then who
Sees the product of your glad pursuit
Shall also feel the need to follow suit!
March 27, 2023
For the Spreading Happiness Poetry Contest of Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Birds singing
In gold gilded cages sitting
Red pretty feathers clinging
Do you hear the bells ringing
Spring is here let's go a wishing
Sing loud for it is spring
I want to go and swing
Now you can do your own thing
Giant bees will sting
In the air they are flying
None as big as a king
Going home I am running
Date Written: 4/10/2019
Note: 12 Line Acrostic Rhyme
After winter's cold drought
Before the summer's bright
Comes the weeks of waking
Diminished shades of night
Each new dew-drop sunrise
Finds lengthening, the light
Greens begin their creep
Hallowed - life's rebound
In this rouse from sleep
Jutting thru cold ground
Kissed and petal-crowned
Life finds its way
May bursts alive
Now the new day
Opens to thrive
Priceless this
Quiet change
Renewed bliss
Spring comes
Then cheers ...
Us.
( This is a Diminished Hexaverse that I did in Rhyme and ABC as well )
S pring is in the air for all to see.
P retty little buzzing bees.
R unning like they are free.
I n and out of the beautiful tree.
N o one will see you and me.
G oing to have some tea.
Date Written: 4/23/2020 Spring Rhyme Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Emile Pinet
I did a Rhyme in a Acrostic form.
Great relaxing and serene place to retreat to
Accented by beautiful flowers and lilac trees
Red cardinals are often frequent visitors
Delicious berries are special early gifts
Enjoy frequenting birds, bees and butterflies
Never enough time to enjoy my backyard treasure
Spring starts my gardening hobby until late fall
2/23/19
Gardens Contest
Sponsor: Chantelle Anne Cooke
S pring in her steps she wanders in wonder
R ecoils in amazement retraces the year
I gnites the haven the Persians call ‘bunder’
N o regrets but resilience beyond graffiti of fear
G ive me hope she exclaims I will not go under
I n the semi desert one forgotten Iris blooms
S urpassing the ruins and shackles of tombs
C risp early morning she takes shelter in beauty
O h Allah protect me while my husband is gone
M y children are hungry for them it’s my duty
I nstil all the love past seasons have foregone
N ever give up the new summer comes closer
G ive praise to beginnings a flower’s composer
S pring might well bring all the Peace we deserve
O n this day with the spring and lonely florescence
O bituaries settled and truce's armistice observed
N o winter shall break her so true to her essence
30th March 2017
Sleeping summer
Prepares to arise,
Retiring winter
Into a warm reprise.
Nature stirs,
Gently awakes
Ice and snow,
Slowly she takes,
Calling to buds
On shrub and tree
Magically,
" In come the blossoms for all to see."
Next sleepers will
Grow and bloom.
Spring will be coming
Oh so soon,Then
On to all things so fresh and
New.
4/26/17
Sing with the birds in May
Pretty songs in dancing play
Raindrops on pedals of flowers
Inspire dreams in spring showers
Nests where robin eggs lay
Give new life to see in a day
Iris, crocus, daffodil show
Soft beauty as they grow
Crickets chirp in evening air
Owls hoot in chorus, a pair
Melodies from morning to night
Instantly lift the heart to flight
Newly cut grass with colors around
Give abundance of beauty to be found
Spring is coming soon
Open your heart to the tune
Over the hills, by rivers and lakes
New beginnings are now awake
Heidi Sands
3/21/17
Spring is coming
Prepare the earth ahead
Raise the flowerbeds tall
Inch in the sun high and bright
Niche the shadows on the wall
Greet the morning light.
Image a garden of flowered opulence
Saturated with blooming rainbow beauty confidence
Crocus come first, white, purple, yellow, blue
Opening the way for daffodllic dreams and tulips parodies
Metered by the songbirds cry, twill and coo
Indigo irises will sway dance reveries
Neither sleet nor rain nor mix delay tweets
Gather round in awe the wonders of earth beneath your feet.
3/19/2017
S-uns kisses and soft rain
P-rovoke the earth awake again.
R-ainbows arch across the sky,
I-delible colours to our eye.
N-ature sings to us her song
G-lorious melodies all day long.
I-cing blossoms decorate trees,
S-oftly blowing in the breeze.
C-rocuses brighten up the ground,
O-rnate daffodils have been crowned.
M-arch hares jump and leap,
I-nnocent chicks from hens wings peep.
N-estling birds too young to fly,
G-limpses of the butterfly.
S-pring is busy realising Winters dreams,
O-rchestras' play in babbling streams.
O-utstanding Spring in all her choices,
N-ow thankfully the earth rejoices.
18th March 2017
S-uns kisses and soft rain
P-rovokes the earth,
R-ousing shoots upwards.
I-ndelible colours burst into life,
N-ature sings to us her
G-lorious melodies.
I-nsects buzz and flutter
S-oftly between blooming blossoms.
C-rocuses brighten the world
O-rnately embroidering the ground.
M-eadow flowers quiver in the breeze
I-mploring us to be in
N-atures awakening landscape.
G-one are the scars of Winter.
S-pring is busy.
O-bediently little lambs gambol after mothers,
O-pening buds turn toward the sun.
N-ow the earth laughs.
18th March 2017
S pring is my favourite time of year.
P erhaps because it brings me cheer.
R elieved to have survived winter
I n all it's fearsome, freezing fierceness.
N ow we look to renewed growth.
G arden bursting, spilling forth.
S ummer takes us to the beach.
U nder shade we best retreat.
M ust get in for a swim
M indful that I should stay trim.
E veryone we meet wears a smile.
R elaxed and chatting for a while
A utumn another favourite time.
U nder trees twenty shades of brown.
T ake a walk down country lanes.
U se the light that soon will fade.
M ake the most of open air.
N urture friendships to prepare.
W elcome not those short days.
I walk about in a daze.
N ight at morning, sun is in bed.
T oo cold, must get coal in shed.
E nvy those in sunny climes.
R etreat until it's Spring's time.
"SPRINGTIME"
S~pring has sprung, so it is said by
P~utting cold Mr. Winter away to bed!
R~oses are starting to bloom everywhere,
I~nciting scents of Passion in the air!
N~ature's reborn, starting anew and
G~one are the wintry short days too!
T~his new season gives every chance by
I~gniting the fires for Summer romance!
M~any songs of love do I want to sing with
E~ach song singing of love to Spring!
WTA-IV 3/26/2016
Away bleak weather! It’s your time to flee.
Sun shines down and gifts me with his glow.
Pellucid are the streams from melting snow.
Robin’s come. I see her in my tree!
Ice and Sleet, it’s good to see you go!
Now the earth is ready to regrow.
Gladness sweetly takes a hold of me.
I take a stroll outside. It’s such a treat.
No longer do I trudge with dreary feet.
My gait is lively as I amble where
Yellow-flowered fields perfume the air.
Spring, is here! I feel my spirit sing
Thankfulness to God for everything.
Effervescently I greet each day.
Perpetually may this springtime stay!
March 20, 2016
A 2-Time N/A for Chantelle Anne Cooke's
Final Call Of Nas Your Most Meaningful One Poetry Contest
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