"Everyday in every way I’m getting better and better" - Emile Coue
Monday, April 23, 2018
splash of spring
snow is
melting
butter
on feet
of willow and pine trees
while sun is sprinkling
fuzzy bubbles of warm soap
in sky
gather me in your safe
harbor
smell of sagebrush & cool
peppermint
melding with the sugarcane air
of spring
splashing
my
face
Posted for dVerse Poets Pub - Quadrille - Hosted by Lillian Hallberg. This is a 44 word post with the word GATHER. See you at 3pm EST. We had a glorious cool spring weekend.
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ooooh..........lovely! Spring splashing my face....smells of sagebrush and cool peppermint. This is beautiful to see it arranged on the page, to read, and to appreciate with my senses too!
ReplyDeleteI do love the words of freshness in your spring. We also had a great weekend, but now it's back to rain again.
ReplyDeleteA delight for the senses! The ending certainly celebrates the jovial nature of the season. Splash!
ReplyDeleteYour poem has a springy kind of shape, Grace - I love it! I also love the smells and sensations it evokes.
ReplyDeleteNice movement in the form of this!
ReplyDeleteI love this especially this line- gather me in your safe
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smell of sagebrush & cool
peppermint....I will now how to investigate sagebrush so I know what it smells like. XXX
It says it is aromatic but it doesn't describe the smell...is it pine..or freshness
ReplyDeleteI like the thought of gathering into safety.
ReplyDeleteAnother view of spring. It's interesting and surprising the different imagery used to describe spring—your peppermint and sugar cane for example would never have occurred to me!
ReplyDeleteAll those sensory stimulatnts. How delightful.
ReplyDeleteA safe harbour to take, with no snow!
ReplyDeleteAh, the smell of sagebrush and peppermint! Always loving the smell of peppermint, I planted a spring by the front door of my last home, not knowing it's a wildly prolific plant. It quickly took over my flower bed, it's roots journeying all over the place! I certainly smelled mint when I opened my front door!
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful writing - I particularly like this phrase:
ReplyDelete"spring splashing my face"
what a gorgeous description of Spring!
ReplyDeleteYum:
ReplyDelete"smell of sagebrush & cool
peppermint
melding with the sugarcane air"
Love your eloquence in crafting so many evocative Spring images!
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Can never get over the cool sweet and refreshing drink on a warm day! Nice feeling Grace!
Hank
I particularly liked the snow melting on the feet of willow and pine
ReplyDeleteNice poem about Spring. Such an uplifting time of the year.
ReplyDeleteI like that visual of the sun as melting butter on the roots of the trees. :)
ReplyDeleteI like the whole poem, the sense of melt and splash...the qualities of spring air— sagebrush, peppermint, and sugarcane...
ReplyDeleteIt is a good write Grace yet Spring around here always portends a different kind of bloom.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful imagery...and sense of fragrance ( I can smell the sage!)
ReplyDelete*sagebrush*
DeleteDelightfully delicious Grace, totally yummy!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the wonderful sweetness you have added to my day.
Anna :o]
smells conjour memories buried deep, and a feeling of safety is one of those most beautiful feelings
ReplyDeleteJust so beautiful, Grace. Snow as melting butter is fantastic.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful quadrille Grace, I love the smells and images of Spring, especially 'snow is melting butter on feet of willow and pine trees'
ReplyDeleteSo good - so sensual, the smells, the sweet richness coming on. Wonderful layout too.
ReplyDeleteI really like your use of gather, Grace, and of course, your descriptions. You rule in that department.
ReplyDeleteLovely tribute to oncoming spring. So glad your snow is finally melting.
ReplyDeleteSage and peppermint, for me: healthy smells and summer tea. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteYou spring is coming to you Grace! I sent it to you by airmail! Loved you sun sprinkling soap bubble clouds!
ReplyDeletedwight
Love the snow as melting butter. The last line was so refreshing.
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Human
Dreams Travel
The splash of your words like cold water on my face. Your combination of words here is lovely.
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