I Am Awake Now And Interested!

I Am Awake Now And Interested


I am awake now and interested
in the noise outside
Someone has tricked winter
into a spring day
There is an orange ablaze!
Pale yellow flowers hint
their impending arrival
They open suitcases of soil
Rough weather has been belted
into a madhouse vest
The piston of desire has struck
the yard dog
She leaps at false premises
and dolls herself up with a roll
A belief beyond stone
covers the mountain
I am awake now and listening
to the coarse earth clear her head
The sky is a dome of blue
Clouds of chess pieces
ponder their next move
I watch the air nudge
the tiny nubs of tree thumbs
This day is a dished up dove
of generous warmth,
drop kicking the cold ,
all the way back,
into January!

Reviews

[W.k.kortas]

A bushel (and then some) of well-turned phrases and compelling images. Spring (or perhaps Blackberry Winter?) as a time of awakening and re-awakening. Lovely piece of work.

[Collect-Eye]

wow..nicely written, but what strikes me most is some elements of my personal life I see in here..not intential, I would think, but they exist none the less.

I guess we find people to relate to tha live parallel existences..such is the heart of the living word, that flows through us all.

I've been wondering what all this spring whether means..and today the wind is so strong it's shaking my little house..which is almost a mirror reflection of what I'm facing over the next three days..

"Someone has tricked winter
into a spring day
There is an orange ablaze!
Pale yellow flowers hint
their impending arrival
They open suitcases of soil
Rough weather has been belted
into a madhouse vest
The piston of desire has struck
the yard dog"

those are the lines that struck me and called my attention, like something did for you when you curiously wrote this..[=

[dixie]

nice! i like your choice of metphors and your use of imagery. i could see the poem play out in my mind. It flows evenly and has a surprise ending that i liked very much. wonderful write!!! Happy Valentines Day!!

[Ed Hart]

well, you sure know how to keep a guy standing on the corner!

[Charles D. Moorer]

the coming of spring and the wonder of it all always heightens the senses.