mand

Jun 10, 2010 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Spring is here ( better late than never )

Spring is heralded by tubular bells
Filling the woods with hyacinth smells
Violet, white and lavender blue
Caught in the droplets of morning dew.

And the cuckoo calls in the half moon light
In the silver grey just after night
His partner chuckles cloaked in the dawn
Happy the robin is rearing her spawn.

While poppies undress their whorl sepals
Unfurling crumpled silken petals
Revealing pinks, oranges and reds
Blushing colours in the flower beds.

Fork tailed swifts nest in old wooden mills
Filling the air with twitters and shrills
Silhouetted black against the skies
Lithesome on the wing when catching flies.

Yes spring is here with it’s wonderful hues
Animal life and fabulous views
Lashings of buttercup yellows and greens
Cover the land and seep in our dreams.

— mand, Jun 10, 2010

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judyanne

15 years 12 months ago

beautiful mand

great rhythm, feels like spring wonderful descriptive, i could see it all - it warmed me up in my winter chill here in the southern hemisphere. love judy xxx ps - have you seen my baked bean poem for shirley on my blog? http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TwentyMyPrettyPonies.html

mand

15 years 12 months ago

Thanks Judy, it won’t be

Thanks Judy, it won't be long and spring will arrive for you. Keep Safe and thanks for taking the time to comment. Love Mand xxxxx

shirley harrison

15 years 12 months ago

i second judy

beautiful poetry my welsh beauty! today its 38 so hot hot hot ! shirley harrison

mand

15 years 12 months ago

Hello Shirl, Loved your

Hello Shirl, Loved your poem, Thanks for taking all the time and effort to make it Shirl, it's a wonderful tribute. Love and kisses Mand xxxxx

Roscoe Lane

15 years 12 months ago

Perhaps,

The last line could be, Cover the land and seep into our dreams. I think it's a beautiful poem, last line changed or not. Regards Roscoe...

xena465

15 years 12 months ago

Spring...

Spring and autumn are my two favourite seasons; not too hot or cold. Summer for me, being very fair-skinned, causes many discomforts; especially the wasps and the bees. Wonderful images created here Mand…I love it. Xena

mand

15 years 12 months ago

Hope your O.k Xena, I’m

Hope your O.k Xena, I'm like you I love spring and autumn the best, if we could bottle it up and keep it I love it, and I run around like a mad thing when wasps come into the house, the other thing about summer I'm not so keen on is midges, they might be tiny but don't they bite. Thanks Xena for commenting Keep safe Mand xxxxxx

scribbler

15 years 12 months ago

spring

great description of awakening nature !Visuals, rhyme, rhythm all wonderfully rate nom. But what is lissom?perhaps meant lithesome?.......scribbler

mand

15 years 12 months ago

Thanks for commenting

Thanks for commenting Scribbler and for the nom. lissom appears to mean the same as lithesome, but I think lithesome sounds better so I'm going to go with your suggestion, thanks Scribbler. I'll catch up with your work soon Love Mand xxxxx

Seren

15 years 12 months ago

Dearest Mand

This is really beautiful ... I am a spring(southern hemisphere lol) baby so its my favourite season but I am partial to Autumn and her beautiful colours love and big hugs JayCee x x x ("Quote:-For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.-Ivan Panin")

mand

15 years 12 months ago

Hello Seren, so good to see

Hello Seren, so good to see you, Spring is a season of renewed hope and vigor in nature I look forward to it after the short, cold, dark winter days, the only problem with it is that it doesn't last long enough! But like you I also love autumn with it's oranges and yellows, the earth truly is astounding. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Love to you. Mand xxxxxx