Monday, March 17, 2014

Today I Love Thoughts of Summer - Slice of Life 2014




Thanks to the good people at Two Writing Teachers for sponsoring the Slice of Life Story Challenge.  Today is Day 17 and I am continuing to challenge myself with poetry.  As The Man and I did some backyard clean up last week, I came across this gem and it got me thinking about warm days past...and hopefully yet to come.  



Thoughts of Summer...



I found you 

       after the snow melt 

Winter's rapid onset left you

             abandoned 

     at your post

Then Winter's winds tossed you

     to the ground

I remember you
Your vibrancy
Your sweet reflection
Your silent call

I remember your visitors
 
   Buzzing
           
                Zipping

    Zooming     
                                                         
          Silently 
                                                                           of
                   Sipping                          Flashes
                                                                                  Emerald
                                 Dipping                                             
                                   


                                            

4 comments:

  1. Trish,
    What a perfect poem. I loved this line, "After winter's rapid onset / left you / abandoned." That's really the way it was. The shape of your poem at the end was fascinating, like a hummingbird zipping here to there to find the next place it will land.

    I broke my hummingbird feeder at the end of last season. I need to go out and find a new one before the hummingbirds return.

    Cathy

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    1. Thanks Cathy! We got this hand blown one at Dawes Arboretum last fall. I was so surprised to see it in one piece! I knew it had fallen but hadn't ventured out to look for it til this past weekend. (Yeah... had a little fun playing with that last line. This poetry thing is growing on me! )

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  2. What a wonderful way with words you have. You did a great job of showing, not just telling.

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    1. Thank you! Kind words indeed, especially since I preach them to my students every day!

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