The Seasons and Their Servants

Every season holds its own brilliant beauty, but none hold that beauty alone.

The Seasons and Their Servants

Sowing the seeds of Springtime's serenity

Into sequestered adventurers from the city

Who have fabulously faltered in heart and candor

Are the ancient authors of Resurgent Ardor

Basking in the most awesome alpenglow

Through glorious gales and sorrowful snow

Perpetually is the Choir of Wilderness

Singing Summer's Sonnets to the villages

Enticing all voyagers to come across

Seas of frost to know Autumn's Awe

Are the seraphs of Gaia's merriment

With promises of wealthy inheritance

Burying the remaining relics of Melancholy

With Winter's Wisdom and spectacular stories

Within celebration and timeless tradition

Are the fauna of Dionysus's jubilation

This is the story of the Seasons and their servants

And how from the essence they purge every shadowy serpent

Author's Note

Here's something new at long last! As usual, it's different than many things I've written in the past (that seems to have become my style as of late). Honestly, no matter what you guys and gals think of this piece, I'm going to remain proud of it. I don't know why, but this piece really holds a spot in my heart more than most others I've written. Anyway, tell me what you think! Until next time (which hopefully won't be in two months again...). :)

Partially inspired by the Last of the Wilds by Nightwish. If you haven't heard it before, I HIGHLY recommend you listen to it!

Reviews

[Emily]

Great idea for a poem!!
Love it!
Keep it up!!

[Sapientiam]

Ah, this was so spectacular... My favorite section was the winter one, which happens to be my favorite season but the one that holds the most tragedy in my life... Yet, there is such beauty and aristocracy in your delineation of winter. This is very well crafted. Amazing job!

[DoormanDan]

Yeah, Winter can be both a happy and sad time (this is true with all seasons). It really just depends on how you view it. Thanks for reviewing! :)

[Sapientiam]

You're welcome!

[Amber Lily]

When you put it this way, it does make it sound like every season has it's positive side! While I hate winter, we do have our traditional celebrations to help the time pass by faster. I never thought of it that way, but it's true. Although the commercialism for that time does grow very tiring after a while as well. I'm still relieved when spring comes haha. Overall this poem really made me think, and hopefully this winter I'll have a brighter way of looking at the snow. Maybe not if I slide off the road because of it though... ha anyway! I loved this piece and enjoy the variety you give us :)

[DoormanDan]

Ha, I can definitely agree with you there. I like snow, but hate the cold (don't bother trying to find any logic in that lol). Personally, Spring and Autumn are my favorite times of the year because I like being outside, practicing parkour and so such things, which is very difficult to do when you're either sweating your butt off or are freezing your feet off. Thanks for reviewing, Amber. :)

[Davidgeo]

Too much alliteration. I liked it for the most part though.

The neon green font, eh, to lead it off it would work better if you didn't go gaudy with the color.

You should be proud of this, it's not bad.

[DoormanDan]

I appreciate the honesty in your review. I will admit that this more than likely isn't my best piece, as my writing spark has been kind of down in the dumps lately, but after two months of just sitting down without any inspiration, wasting away on Youtube and Ice Cream, I decided I was going to get back into this game one way or another lol. The alliteration is something I do very often, and was sort of a challenge I made for myself with this piece, and even though I don't see the green as being neon green, I am thinking now that maybe it should be a little darker (color mixing issues with this site lol). Thanks for reviewing and being honest! :)

[Davidgeo]

don't be a p***y....take some time, just write a bunch of bullshit... then read some of your favorite books... go back to the bullshit that you've written... make it less like bullshit or figure out you've been reading the wrong things and start over. just don't be a p***y about it. you'll end up like me... i'm a p***y about it.

[DoormanDan]

Oh trust me, I wrote my fair share of bull before posting this lol. I think my main issue lately has been over analyzing my own work and thinking it was all crap. So after sitting around for a while, I decided to do some searching for inspiration and made my inner critic take a little more of a backseat with this piece. I'll slowly get back to how I was, so long as I keep writing and keep writing what comes naturally. :)

[Davidgeo]

Brevity isn't just a fancy word... remember that and I bet you'll be just fine.

[Valentine]

Like always, your youth and fabulous word usage amazes me. Valentine

[DoormanDan]

Thanks Valentine. It took a while, but my words came back to me. :)