April Stroll

At last, the buds bob on the trees,

I spy the languid dance of bees;

I catch the hymn of flowing creek

And through the earth new grasses peek

Life awakes ‘neath azure skies

As zephyrs whisper breezy sighs

Natura’s slumber cast aside ~

She’s got that Spring back in her stride

Author's Note

Happy Spring!

Reviews

[Pete Langley]

I love this.You have bottled the zest of Spring in this, Rita! Wordsworth and Coleridge would be proud!....it also has the lightness and optimism of the new season, which I love.
One small timid suggestion in line 5 which might improve assonance...maybe "Life wakes beneath the azure skies" ? P.

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Pete! Spring does bring out the optimism in all of us, I think. Thank you for your suggestion - I did not like that "'neath", but my brain would not wrap itself around anything else.

[Tom McRoberts]

I want to go outside now! Wonderful poem, you've really captured the sense of life in the season. As another commenter has already mentioned the last line is particularly good, especially so because it is not a 'twist', the rest of the poem conveys the theme so well it comes off as light-hearted and whimsical. Keep it up!

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you so much, Tom! I tend toward the lighthearted (usually...) and spring just lends itself to poetry! :)

[Isabel25]

At times like this i really wish we had spring season. It is just summer and monsoon here. You construct very vivid pictures- the bright blues and the sweet breeze and the dancing bees...I can almost smell the flowers :)

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Annie. Spring is such a lovely season that it is almost worth it to deal with winter, if spring is the reward. :)

[Isabel25]

No gain without pain of course :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

what a great play on words, especially the last line...

you are good!

j.

[Rita L. Sev]

:) Your words make me smile, Jacob! Thank you!