Thursday, March 20, 2025

Poetry Friday: "Spring (Again)"

One of my favorite very-very-short poems about spring: 


Spring (Again)

by Michael Ryan

The birds were louder this morning,
raucous, oblivious, tweeting their teensy bird-brains out.
....

(Read all five lines here, at Poets.org. The final line is perfection.)

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12 comments:

Jane @ www.raincitylibrarian.ca said...

That's what it sounded like this morning, at about 5am, and I can't say I was entirely thrilled about it! ;-)

Karen Edmisten said...

Ha! I'm always so happy that birds are returning but I do know what you mean. ;)

Linda Mitchell said...

Cheeky! The poet, not the birds. Fun time of day, 5 am. My favorite for writing along with those birds.

Karen Edmisten said...

My writing doesn't sharpen up until later in the morning/day. I admire you early bird writers! :) I love the last words of the poem, "I had forgotten how promise feels."

Rose Cappelli said...

A new to me poem, Karen! I love that last line "I had forgotten how promise feels."

jama said...

Wonderful new-to-me poem. Thanks for sharing!! Happy Spring!

Karen Edmisten said...

Yes! That makes the poem the subtle beauty that it is.

Karen Edmisten said...

Happy spring to you, Jama! May we all find a way to rediscover promise.

Sarah Grace Tuttle said...

Thank you for sharing! Spring is indeed a promise, and I look forward to nature keeping it!

Karen Edmisten said...

Sarah, I'm looking forward to that promise too! :)

Mary Lee said...

That's how I want to live: "raucous, oblivious, tweeting (my) teensy bird-brain(s) out!"

Karen Edmisten said...

Go for it, Mary Lee!