Two geese fly
over the lake
bringing spring
with each flap
of their wings.
poem-return February 26, 2016
Two geese fly
over the lake
bringing spring
with each flap
of their wings.
poem-early spring February 2, 2016
The ground hog says
it will be early spring
but even if he did not,
the blue sky and balmy breeze
today asserted its own opinion.
poem-seeds January 1, 2016
We are planted
with potentiality;
white blanketed rest bids us wait
until spring gives us the urge to rise
to skies and find our fate.
poem-spring snow April 22, 2015
This April snow
fills the air with pink petals and
scents the sky with spring.
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http://www.napowrimo.net prompt for today, Earth Day, April 22 to write a pastoral poem, one about nature.
poem- springing March 28, 2015
Little horns of sunshine
exclaiming on my table,
‘Daffodils mean spring!’
poem-new March 1, 2015
The birds return
set sights on sites and sing
in fervor with that mating thing
You take to the road
push pedals for a hundred k
while I wait for petals,
seek something to say
and all of these are just the way
we mark each new spring.
Me. You. New.
too.
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POETS! You are cordially invited to contribute an original poem or link to https://shawnbird.com/poetic-diversity-project/ Today’s exploration- POEMS OF PLACE. Please feel free to comment instead, about your environment and how it contributes to your writing.
poem- creek June 19, 2014
From the bridge
I look down
upon the frozen creek
and see a red mitten
bobbing under the ice.
poem-magic mirror March 31, 2014
The lake has captured the sky
reflecting clouds on blue silk,
shore lines doubled,
snow dusted trees, like brushes,
paint mist
suspended half way between reality
in a magic mirror of spring.
poem- crap! March 27, 2014
T’is the season
snow is melting
that’s the reason
things are smelling
Get the shovel
bag all the crap
shoulder muscles
ache while it splats
into the bag
Excrement is
winter’s last joke:
dog- doo dizzy
I want to choke!
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Home from vacation and duty calls! Yuck. The back yard melt reveals a lot of mess. Gross.
poem-spring gift March 22, 2014
On the end of each
rhododendron stem:
A tightly wrapped
promise
of blossom.
Shawn L. Bird 