He saidabout Aprilwhat anybody would sayabout such a monththat it breeds colorto beat back shadowsscent to tempteven the most staid merchantto hookyThat is what April doesand we all know itWhy else songscelebrating winter’s endin the muddy throes of AprilWhy else a new signignoring an otherwiseportentous horoscopein favor of new bloomOnly in Aprilis lilac-breath acceptableeven encouragedSo when he says Aprilis for loversApril carries my tunein its gutI shall wait until thento sow my seedsit is April’s gardenof which he singsWe all know the wordsand sing along
Poem #12 for April, for Angie’s prompt to the Real Toads using a word list from The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot.
I’ve been so sick! Seems I’m turning a corner and starting to feel better, but catching up to produce 30 poems in April? We shall see.
Oh I think you will make it... otherwise I think I might have a few extra to borrow you... Glad you are feeling better. I truly love the sense of lilac-breath (though here in Sweden that's for May).
ReplyDeleteSorry you've been feeling under the weather. Hopefully the wonders of April as you described them will help with your convalescence. If April can breed color to beat back shadows, hopefully it will do the same to the germs/ viruses who have over stayed their welcome.
ReplyDeleteYes, so sorry you've been sick. Hope the mending is here now. I love this treatise on April. In WV you can't count on planting till the middle of May. Your poem is sooo liltingly lovely
ReplyDeleteYour write is so pretty. Is it even prophetic any more when all know thoughts of spring bring thoughts of love? Heh. Oh, but we happily hum the tune regardless, no? So glad to hear you are coming back around to the land of the living and writing. Hope April is a breath of fresh air for you, clean out all those germies.
ReplyDeleteI especially enjoyed the lines,"
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even the most staid merchant
to hooky" This is so true of Spring. We feel released.
We all know the words, and sing along...
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is lilac-breath acceptable
even encouraged"
Wonderful. Glad you're feeling better!
Oh, what a gem! A happy write to accompany your recovery. :)
ReplyDeleteYes, cruel though it may be, we all need to be shaken out of winter sleep and forced to move again, to live, to thrive.
ReplyDeleteOnly in April
ReplyDeleteis lilac-breath acceptable
even encouraged
Love this!
Only in April
ReplyDeleteis lilac-breath acceptable
even encouraged
I wish it could be encouraged in other months.
Love your title.
Marian, thanks for beating back the shadows, for today's prompt. Hope your illness recedes into those Wasteland shadows. Yay for April!
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