Monday, April 22, 2013

Sonnet for April Showers


Last week's poem was a simple, rather unimpressive little thing that I banged out in a few minutes. The my husband challenged me to actually put some effort into it and turn it into a sonnet. So I did.

April rains dripping and drizzling to earth
Soaking flowerbeds down to bulbs and roots,
Reviving the world after Winter’s dearth,
Nourishing tender vibrant green new shoots

Reaching out their fingers and toes for rain
Stretching through the damp earth to drink their fill.
Cool crisp sweet drops flow down upon the plain
pushing up, soil is not as strong as will.

Bursting again to life and light Earth reels
Riots of color now paint all the world
Winter’s walls fall to sunbright trumpet peals,
Joyous Spring’s glowing banners now unfurled.

Grudge not the rains that fall to earth today,
For they nurse forth this world’s finest array.

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