The Yearnings of Spring
There is a deep, urgent longing to break this icy dam winter has cast over me.
Where my skin again feels the glowing warmth of the sun,
Where bare feet are tickled by cool, soft, new grass,
Where my eyes catch the young, fresh growth of plants emerging,
And I breathe in the earthy scent of the garden thawed.
Where my hands cast seeds imagining a future harvest,
Where the heady perfume of new flowers overwhelms me,
Where every buzz and chirp has my heart beating faster,
And where the water splashing the rocks in the pond invites me to play.
As I patiently wait for spring to arrive, I dream of merging with nature.
Yearning to break this icy dam winter has cast over me.
© Donna Donabella 2018
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Even with the vernal equinox coming this week in the northern hemisphere, the first day of spring never quite arrives according to the calendar. It shows up when it is good and ready…each year a different date. And this year winter is unrelenting, and March seems to be the new February, with cold and almost 4 feet of new snow in the first two weeks. Now we are frigid again with snow piles everywhere….no spring thaw in sight for weeks perhaps. So as I wait, I am thinking about what I am yearning for when spring finally does show itself in earnest.
The pictures are of native Bloodroot from my garden. They are one of the first native flowers blooming. You have to watch for their blooms, and savor them while you can, as they fade fast.
I am joining in with Poets United for their weekly poetry link up for poets who blog.
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I hope spring will come very soon for you my friend. It is certainly harder to be patient when we are in ‘spring’ months on the calendar. Hang tight.
It is becoming harder as this week we are very cold again…still February-like here. But they say the last week in March will be March-like. I hope April dawns with April spring weather….finally a rebirth to spring.
This is absolutely breathtaking, Donna! I can feel your desire for Spring to emerge and love ” I breathe in the earthy scent of the garden thawed.”
Thanks so much Sanaa….I hope we thaw soon as I cannot bear this icy world right now.
so well put Donna – the idea of the icy dam breaking up with the melt and letting the waters flow again – your words at least are not dammed!
Yes they have flowed beautifully in my misery….isn’t that always the way!
Winter and I have never danced well together. So, I really feel this poem… And echo its promise.
Keeping the hope burning bright for us!
truly lovely images of spring! and how you yearn for it. 🙂
Yes and I hope it comes soon!
Sweet. I haven’t thrown any seeds yet but am enthralled with the birdsong.
Only indoor seeds so far for me…seems April may give us spring finally!
Sometimes winter seems to have relentless hold on earth and on our souls, but the notes of hope from remembered springs sustain us, even when we are held fast by winter’s icy grip.
Beautifully stated….thank you….I am ready for the thaw and rebirth!
we have similar yearnings for the change of season…nicely written 🙂
Yes indeed we do Robert…glad you enjoyed it!
I do enjoy this winter we have… the warmth of the sun and possible to find a shielded place… the flowers will come…. and the birds are here.
I wish we could have a typical winter….I do like winter, but when in February we are completed melted and thawed after 10-12 ft of snow, and suddenly plunged into 60-70 degree temps….that makes for a strange winter now not ending or slowly thawing in March….instead we are getting 4 more feet of snow and frigid temps that should have come in February….this climate change has messed with our seasons much to the chagrin of critters and gardeners and me…..yes spring will come with flowers in April.
You are having a long winter. We have blossoms out, here on the coast, and warm sunny days, so the gardeners are champing at the bit….however trying to wait till april 1st, just in case…..I can feel your eagerness for gardening and feel it myself though my garden now is only pots on my balcony. It is lovely to grow things!
February was too warm and now March has become February…so yes I wait….it is agony for a gardener who longs for spring after months of winter.
So beautifully crafted. That yearning of spring…awaiting patiently 🙂
Thank you….yes dreaming and waiting these days!
I really like the way the opening line about winter is repeated in a slightly different way at the end -the return of a season is always slightly different – it also frames the warm memories..Very nicely done, Donna.
Thank you Kim….I am pleased the poem read that way for you as it was intended.
I hope you are able to stretch, to flex, to enjoy your spring soon.
Our summer is hanging on tight too. It was nearly 100 yesterday.
Thank you Soosie…that has got to be as frustrating as our 7 degrees this morning.
I love the idea of merging with nature. What a peaceful thought that is. And, ah, having patience as we wait for spring to arrive…..we just have to, but it surely is hard!
Yes patience is needed Mary….when I am in nature I feel one with it and it helps me wait for spring.
Most enjoyable, Donna
So glad you enjoyed it Julian.
Beautiful word-weaving in this. Though you write to the end-of-season slog of the ‘icy dam winter’, your yearnings of spring are penned so beautifully, as to be: quite hypnotic. Love the unique direction you took this piece.
Much thanks Wendy….this poem came forth with that first line and it took its own direction although I am sure my heart guided it quite a bit!
A beautiful yearning, Donna. I can feel and see everything spring promises. Good job here.
So glad you liked it Vivian!
Your poem created that spring for me. A few more poems like it and the ice will melt completely. I don’t envy you the 4′ of snow–but we expect more TOMORROW!
We may miss the storm and I would love it. Here’s hoping we see and feel spring soon.
I’m with you…. C’mon!
I hear you. Enough already!!
The sun is blazing here at over 30 deg C… 🙂
Send a bit of it this way please
I yearn for spring to reveal itself Donna; I definitely don’t get a thrill out of winter. Today the snow has gone but it remains bitter cold.
I yearn too to have my bare feet tickled by new grass; I find such pleasure in this.
Maybe soon, maybe soon…
Anna :o]
I do think soon Anna…the red-winged blackbird has returned to his nesting spot…a sure sign of a shift coming albeit a slow one….but I will take it!
I love this!
Oh that pleases me…thank you annell!