3WW- Depart, Ignite, Rotten
Everywhere
the daffodils
bow to springs last storm
and are waiting
for the sun to ignite.
All day
in my warm and cozy impatience
of our long winter
I'm watching them,
green stalks bending
heads laying down,
their petals
swaddled like a babe
learning to trust,
lying on the ground.
I have only one thought
when will the sun arrive.
I wish for them
to rise
the snow to depart
like a phoenix rising up
through rotten ashes
awaiting
the rebirth.
Northern CA is having a very long winter. I wrote this while drinking my coffee this morning, watching my daffodils through a light snow.
19 comments:
Nicely done. A decent sun has arrived, now, where I am. It's welcome after our worst winter for 30 years.
Dear Tammy,
I was looking off to the east and north at lunch today and was thinking of you and Biene. The clouds were laying on the distant hills with such oppression. Snow is in the forecast.
Stay warm,
Annie
We are finished with the snow and well into the winds of spring, but I felt your poem a month ago and I'm struck by the way we also trust and await rebirth.
This is a nice little ode to a late-arriving Spring. I hope the warm weather settles in soon for you. If not, I'll send you some of mine, since we always have it to spare here on the Gulf Coast.
What a lovely poem! I hope Spring's warmth finds you soon.
This has absolutely got to be the LAST snow storm for you!
Beautiful. Very well done.
You are just so good Tammy. It thrills me to read your entries again. (How's that book coming along?)
Love,
Nancela
Nice thoughts on nature!
And like a phoenix, I wish to rise from the ashes, stronger as ever!
Thanks for sharing a beautiful poem Tammy!
this had such a warm, lazy, hopeful feel to it. I wanted to wrap myself up in it.
I enjoy poems on spring. They are full of hope and positive energy! I am so happy to see winter end too! Good work!
It's great reading your poetry again. This one is stunning...sometimes life is just ike a long, hard winter, isn't it?
Those daffodils always make me think, "We made it!"
Lovely poem!
Wow. I have never seen daffodils in snow.
Wonderful, touching piece.
-Tim
http://timremp.blogspot.com/2010/04/hiram-grange-devils-dancers.html
hi tammy i like this new look... of course pink is a perfect color and everything is pink as far as im concerned... love this winter spring poem... rising outta the ashes... rebirth every morning with a new dawn... that's our choice... it is good to see you back to blogging... take care...
Thanks for the poem and the song, just what I needed before going of to sleep.
Que Bonita!
Pamela
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