Progress!

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Thu, 08 Feb 2024
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Winter’s retreating
the cycle’s repeating
easing the hold
of the annual cold
the globe’s slowly turning,
green’s growing returning
bit by bit, a steady drip –
feel winter slip
and spring’s firmer grip
daylight increasing
the earth releasing
green spears
white tears
of snowdrops.

Certificate U
Poem
Nature
Nature

Comments

Submitted by Ed Crane on

walk the dog. Saw the first snowdrop yesterday

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

That was nice! I'd always thought of snowdrops as garden flowers until we moved to this area, and saw the carpets of snowdrops in the wood and verges! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Winter retreated here, but it seems to have come back again today, so it's nice to read your hopeful little poem and admire the green shoots - thank you Rhiannon!

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you. There's a toing and froing but general progress onwards! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by D G Moody on

'white tears of snow drops.' I loved this line, and how the poem brings Spring ever closer. We have our snowdrops coming through now all over the our village, and on Sunday we have our snowdrop festival at our church and the grounds of the old vicarage.

Dougie Moody

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you. As I commented above, we were so surprised to see all the wild snowdrops when we moved here. They are an encouragement aren't they? and very beautiful with their green markings. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

And thank you for the cherries (out of season!) Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Turlough on

Andy Williams sang, 'It's the most wonderful time of the year!' I don't think he meant February but if they'd asked me to sing it instead of him, that's certainly what would have been going through my mind.

Turlough

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

! The change must become very marked where you are living! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Turlough on

It certainly is Rhiannon. Already we have things sprouting up all over the place. At the beginning of March nature seems to explode in Bulgaria.

Turlough

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Worth waiting for! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Gorgeous, Rhiannon! And the energy of the rhythm is like Springtime's bustle charging up outside :0) I was hoping, when I saw the snowdrops in the woods, here, that you would do a snowdrop poem this year :0)

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Di. It didn't start out to be about snowdrops, but they dropped in rather naturally at the end! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by airyfairy on

It's a bit grim and murky here (it tried to snow yesterday but gave up and retreated to rain) but there are the odd signs of new life. A couple of days ago I marked the momentous day in my diary - it was still proper daylight at 5pm! When I worked that was always the point when I felt things turn, when I could at least start the walk home in the light. And another celebration when I could get all the way home and it was still light!

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Yes, it's lovely when you suddenly notice, especially on a bright day, how much longer daylight is, and when you notice  things peeping through the earth, but there are gloomy days and bright days all through each season! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Louise178 on

 

Louise

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