It's Poetry Friday, this day hosted by Margaret Simon at Reflections on the Teche. She's sharing some marvelous "pi-ku" written by her students in response to a nature trip. Our cold, rainy, snowy few days last week appears to have released the spring magic that is GREEN. I sink into its richness, took one picture that shows some of what I see. Oh, yes, other colors are emerging, but first, GREEN is the star of this spring production.
Green
winter
wean
spring
green
leaves
preen
butter
sheen
charm
seen
gone
mean
season
queen
dazzle
scene
baby
clean
Linda Baie ©
Love all that is green and spring in this poem. It's lovely, Linda.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kimberly. It's becoming a marvelous spring!
Deletethis poem makes me laugh and say yes! Green is my favorite color and the green of this spring is sumptuous! I love all the shades, the queen green, the dazzle green and the baby clean green. It's all good. Wonderful punch in this post.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Linda, much fun to write about this amazing green!
DeleteLove the feeling of jubilation in your poem. Bask in the greenness!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jama. Yes, "basking"!
DeleteDoes this form have a name? I love the sounds. I could read it again and again. Green is the bee's knees of colors!
ReplyDeleteNo, no form that I know of. I just start playing with words to see what I can discover, Margaret. Give it a try sometime! Thanks, and yes, I thought about using all the different names for kinds of greens. That will be fun, too. Thanks!
DeleteLove your celebration of spring ... and green!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Alice!
DeleteHow fun, Linda! Spring green has captured your heart and your pen. :)
ReplyDeleteIndeed it has, Michelle. Thanks!
DeleteLinda, I think your celebration of green has brought your exploration to a lyrical level-well done. Reading your poem out loud gave me an extra sense of the joy surrounding earth. After your recent cold, rainy, snowy days, you had reason to rejoice. Isn't it amazing that we both were thinking green this week?
ReplyDeleteWhat fun to celebrate the green season! I love the sun shining through and enlivening your green scene.
ReplyDeleteI love that your poem ends "baby/clean" - the truest sense of spring. Love it, Linda! =)
ReplyDeleteFun poem, Linda! I can imagine students enjoying making an animation for it (as well as saying it).
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone. It was a fun poem to make. I've been walking every early morning, still enjoying the green everywhere, & finally some colors, too.
ReplyDeleteGreen is my favourite colour Linda, so of course I love your poem here. There are so many hues of green this time of year, and they keep changing and deepening.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cheriee. I do love green, too, as you see!
DeleteI hope your "Green" poem will keep the plants coming and encourage the warmer temps too!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Michelle. Since I posted, we have had more rain & everything so far is green and growing!
Delete"leaves preen/butter sheen" -- delicious description!
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