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Demeter let loose in Spring

 Like the head of a pollen-decked tree 

standing up in the palest purple 

of the birches

my pollen quivering to let loose its sprays 

of tiny fertilising elements on the air 

to find solace and joy 

the meeting place of pollen's magic grace

by wind

by bees

by birds transported

you employ the breeze

 

I'm transported by these

your breath's of spring

bereft of senses 

sage

 

I dive into the ancient age of man

where celebrations can

if your yearning awake 

the god still sleeping now

asleep

yes pan

you can

come play your pipes

 

and blow along them

whisperings of the grand awakenings

I am ready

yes I am

take me, take me if you can

blossoms falling all about

as a church's hall devout

Guatemala's spread with grasses green

and all the flowers sprout

because its spring 

yes spring

yes spring

 

and no one can deny it

no one can do owt about it

no you can't

and you shan't

'cos its alive and dancing madly

like a jive to wake the bees

from their hives, 

if you please

come 

 

oh come the flower's shout

if you like to be aware                                       

you can climb my stalk

and take your honey from my spout

you will leave unnoticed then

be decked with all my fine pollen 

and send it out 

Oh spring spring in my skirts of life

Oh spring become my brand new wife

Oh spring keep springing in the dance 

and you'll be King

yes King 

yes King


 


— Nordic cloud, Apr 20, 2009

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Region, Country: Oslo and Flatdal, Norway., NOR

Favorite Poets: Too daunting this.

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M

meic

17 years 1 month ago

Exploded seems appropriate

Exploded seems appropriate to this vibrant hymn to the advent of spring. The variations in line-breaks generates sufficient tension for the outbursts of energy, the joyful palette of your vocabulary paints a landscape of ecstatic nascence. A little piece I wrote some time ago: Yes, I am the tree-in-winter man waiting for spring’s demulcent peach-pink breath to melt and liquefy from frigid core to icebound bole and tempt the sap to surge and rise. And then these soft green buds I harboured in the long dark days will plump and swell; and blossoms white as snow will ecstatically burst the knotted bark to be strewn and scattered on the ground finding spring. Thanks for a fine read to warm my pagan soul Mike "not all matterings of mind equal one violet" ~ e e cummings ~
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

17 years 1 month ago

Meic how lovely to awaken your poem

from the pages, hidden, that too is a Spring in itself, I do so like your bold, sensitive poem, thank you for sharing it with me. I have never used 'demulcent', that word is so fitting in its associations. And we have the boles of trees still in the white patches of snow fast shrinking like bleached linen out to dry in too much heat, the sun burns the top of my head, I have to cover it. Glad I warmed your pagan soul, what an achievement! Ann of Norway
M

meic

17 years 1 month ago

You are most welcome … and

You are most welcome ... and thank you again. Mike "not all matterings of mind equal one violet" ~ e e cummings ~
DT

Dylan T.

17 years ago

OMG...

This is so beutiful. Makes me feel alive and a part of it all. Dylan