Wednesday, 23 March 2022

Intimations of Spring

Right now, broad shadows shade my wall,

Where wisteria soon will crawl

Its tendrils blessed with purple plumes

Its profusion heralds summer blooms!

 

My optimism is rewarded

Daisy and celandine recorded;

In bold hedgerows, woodland lanes

Birds greet us with their joyous strains!

 

Though politics casts shadows dark

And many lives have lost their spark

Hope spreads her magic on spring green,

And baby frogs will soon be seen!

 

Though much lies dormant, keep eyes peeled

For in the sunshine is revealed

Dead wood which now feeds polypores,

Ant armies rise and swarm outdoors!

 

Amazingly, March skies are blue!

Though chilly winds still hasten through

Fine lacy cobwebs hold their own

As spiders keep watch on their throne…

 

The game is up for some small fly

Who just happens to pass by;

Majestic nature can be cruel

Survival is a hard knocks school!


(c) Poet in the woods 2022




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