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Spring Fever with a Touch of Easter

It’s almost Spring! And Easter is just around the corner, so I got myself into a mood to create a little video. Hope you enjoy it and my little poetic message. Are you ready for Spring? Do you have Spring fever? What activities to you look forward to in the Spring?

Lately, I have been buying a plant each week, since Valentine’s week. I have four now, all from Trader Joe’s. They are all lined up on my desk, waiting for it to warm up just a little more.

The birds have been having a wonderful time, especially in the mornings. They come by on the patio and sing while they gather nesting supplies. They are also keeping an eye out for my pots, which always have some things they take off with. I’ve been seeing this cardinal stopping by (not the one in the picture). Well, it is my late nephew, Michael’s birthday today. The cardinal is the bird to symbolize his love for the Saint Louis Cardinals baseball team. So, when I see the rare cardinal, I think I will just assume he or my other nephew, Keith, is stopping by. Heaven has two Saint Louis Cardinal fans, as I see it and add my dad to the mix.

Here is the video I came up with. Enjoy! And Happy Easter and Happy Spring~

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A Poet Like Me

waterfalls
Photo by Zack Melhus on Pexels.com

A poet like me
Casting nets to the windy
Waterfalls wonder
If there is a melody
Playing for their rhythmic splash

Nature calls for me
Letting them to other souls
Telling their story
Asking for breaths of honor
And telling of their life songs

At last, they hear verbs
Splashing falling waterfalls
Waters to refresh
Standing underneath the flow
Feeling the wet, mossy stones

Taking leaps for love
Hand in hand forever more
And next, the lovers
Dance upon the sandy shores
Aromatic tides of salt

Shell crumbs under feet
Tides rushing with salt and sand
Like dermabrasion
Scrubbing sludge and adding more
Taking away worried songs

This is in response to the prompt: ______like me. Read more here: Dead Poets Live