City Swell

The city swells with summer anticipation

Participation in a phenomenon

Of chanting out the spring

Rushing in the summer

People begin to emerge late nights

On Manhattan Ave.

Speaking louder than in the cold months

Making new promises

Creating new lives to be lived

All this as the winter and spring

Give

Way to a new season

Of excitement

To relish again

That warm summer air

Forget winter cold

Take off your jacket

Live without a care

 

The Resolve of Cooler Heads

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Until cooler heads prevail

Under mild winds

Set sail

No good will come of this

No anger will resolve

Will new problems evolve

Cutting new wounds

Deeper than the original

So until cooler heads prevail

The boat sits in the harbor still

Waiting until

The patterns change

Sending this craft back

On its way

Futile to Fertile

Spring is right around the corner. On a warm spring day this came to me as I relished in the final days of winter. Those days are some of my favorite of the year. Enjoy!

Winter days fade

Into spring

Quiet mornings

Where the birds

Sing

The final snow

Begins to melt

And fade away

Winter is moving out

And

Must be on its way

For today

I admire

The winter cold

Windy gnarly

And brutal

My attempts to leave the Midwest

Always seem to be

Futile

Until the fertile lands

Of spring bloom

Once again

Bring back

Warmth and summers moon

All of this will be back

Very soon

And soon indeed

It will bring me joy

A young child

With a brand new toy

To run around under the sun

My heart swells

When it is warm

How the feelings come back to me

On this winters morn’