Here is a poem I wrote about springtime. I am always inspired by spring and the transition from winter. I live in an area with four distinct seasons, and the winters are very cold. When spring comes back around every year, I feel my appreciation for the sun and its warmth renewed.
Spring's First Touches
Winter scares all life away
Snow clouds blocking the sky
Light fading quicker with each passing day
Everyone scurrying to rush inside
For winter is long
It's end ever out of sight
The sun's warmth come and gone
A most perilous night
Yet winter is no eternal arrival
Here for a while, until it must go
A transient visitor on a cold reprisal
As fleeting as is the melting of snow
For spring always comes to usher in summer
As reliably as the sun rises each morn
It's soft first touches a gift like no other
Delivering us from winter's harsh scorn
After long winter's night
After months with no sun
Spring pierces the sky with its warming light
Returning at last to see winter outdone
A step outside brings a sigh of relief
For the first time in so very long
Like a feeling so good, but of disbelief
As soothing as is a loving birdsong
The warmth of the sun's essence
So tender and caring
Is a most calming presence
All one's woes, it upending
The cool breeze in the air
A gentle caress
Soft as a lover's care
Of one who knows best
The song of the birds
Chirping to rise each morn
A song with no words
Each day feeling reborn
Spring's return is a gift
Made sweeter by winter's journey
Pleasant set adrift
Filling with glee aplenty
I dread winter each year
But love it so too
For it heralds spring's cheer
All the sweeter tis through
That was Spring’s First Touches, by Louis Martinez. What did you think of this poem? Did you enjoy it? Could it be improved? Let me know! I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Also, what do you think about springtime? Do you live in a place with a different climate and different types of seasons? If so, what is your perception of springtime?
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