At Three Word Wednesday, we were given the words, Breeze, Mellow, and Tickle. I’m posting two! Amy
Tickle of Spring
Wisconsin weather’s fickle,
so imagine my surprise
when a new-sprung weed did tickle my bare legs below my thighs.
The season’s first red robins
were singing in the trees
as waking wisps of summer
hummed softly in the breeze.
There’s nothing quite so mellow
as an overture to summer…
but lest a blizzard interrupt,
the shovel stays put. Bummer!
(c) 2011 Amy Barlow Liberatore/Sharp Little Pencil
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Christine
Knowing exactly how you feel, as the wind sweeps more snow down our path today. Yesterday, I heard the robins, I hope they haven’t been scared away.
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Christine, you replied with a poem, very sweet! Did you realize it?
I’ve lived in all climes, and you couldn’t pay me to move back to the tropics. Too boring, too predictable! Amy
RJ Clarken
Cute! And well-needed, too! ☼
Sharp Little Pencil
How do you get that little sunshine icon? Too darned cute!! Thanks, RJ. Amy
Ren
After endless days of grey, cold weather, I really appreciate poetry/stories with a Spring or Summer theme.
Thank you for this 🙂
Sharp Little Pencil
Thanks, Ren. We just moved from the Buffalo area, and I grew up in Binghamton, one of the most overcast towns in the nation! So the almost constant sunny days of Wisconsin are quite welcome. My seasonal affective disorder is in good check, too! Thanks again, Amy
Altonian
What a lovely way to start a Friday morning, with a whimsical but true ode to the promise of spring. Your last line made me chuckle because that is exactly the problem we have here -just in case it snows again we have a shovel, spade, wide snow-scoop and stiff broom parked outside our front door – Bummer!
Cheers, Leigh.
Sharp Little Pencil
As I said to Nanka, this was almost unbearably sweet for my usual poetry… that’s why the touch in irony was needed! Spring’s promise is almost always broken here in Wisconsin, but what the hell? We still do summer like nobody’s business, because we know it’s fleeting. A.
Nanka
Loved it!! The second verse in the poem is very striking and picturesque!!
“The season’s first red robins
were singing in the trees
as waking wisps of summer
hummed softly in the breeze.”
Sharp Little Pencil
Nanka, thanks. This was unusually poignant and beeeeeautiful for my writing. Guess that’s why I threw in the ironic shovel waiting to push away the “we know it’s coming, this is too good to last” snow!!! Amy
booguloo
Back to winter storms next week in So Cal. sigh.
Sharp Little Pencil
Michael, my daughter is there, too, and she has a cold. A winter SoCal cold. Crap. Sorry! You can’t build Rainmen (unless you’re Dustin Hoffman).
Jae Rose
This was like skipping..all breezy in the new sunshine and warming to the soul…surely hope you don’t need that shovel..In the UK it rains (and rains..and rains)..Jae 🙂
Sharp Little Pencil
So I’ve heard! I want to visit the UK… my father’s family is English; my mother’s is “pigs in the parlor” Irish (shanty). And here I sit, landlocked! Amy
Joseph Harker
The third highest entry on my list of reasons not to live in Wisconsin. 😉
(Summer weather there, though… beautiful! Once that shovel does go away for good, I imagine it becomes much better.)
Sharp Little Pencil
Hey, when the weather is warm, come on over for chicken barbecue!
Now I’m wondering what the other two reasons are… and hoping I’m not one of them! 😉
Amy
The Poetry Bin
Hi Amy – I enjoyed coming across your Blog today. I will return again to read more of your work.
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Sharp Little Pencil
Thanks, Hayden. I popped over to your blog and very much enjoyed it, as well!
ladynimue
fun lines !
And you expressed the summer arrival so well 🙂
Sharp Little Pencil
Yeah, but I’ve still got my snow boots at the ready! This is Wisconsin, after all… 😉
Madeleine Begun Kane
What a delightful job with that prompt!
Sharp Little Pencil
Thought it would tickle you, LOL. Thanks, hon! Amy
Sheilagh Lee
wonderfully true. I saw some robins friday and hope that herals spring this is a beautiful poem.
Sharp Little Pencil
Saw those robins and thought, “Didn’t you hear there is snow predicted next week?” LOL. Thanks, Sheilagh, and I’ll leave food for the birds! Amy
gc1963
Beautiful compositions! Admired the imagery created by your pen.
Sharp Little Pencil
Thanks, GC. Heading over to your blog again to see more of your work. Glad we’re in touch! Amy
versebender
Thought this was just excellent…great flow..great rhyme…clever. what more could a reader want??? Vb
Sharp Little Pencil
Why, thank you, VB. I want spring so much, it was like trying to force-feed the vibe to Nature! A
Kristina Farrow
Beautiful poem indeed!
Sharp Little Pencil
Thanks, Kristina, and so glad you stopped by! Will come over and see what you’re up to. Peace, Amy