Verse Us – Urges of Spring
Verse Us - Poems I write: haiku, senryu, mesostics, free verse, random word constructions, I might even use rhyme or meter once and a while.
In the sputtering throws of winter’s white flurries
The vernal urge to procreate offers only tail feathers to the old man’s passing.
The sharp coldness of this long and deep season
has only amplified the bird songs and urges.
One can only hope we’ve moved past the silent springs
and heeded our mother’s counsel.
This poem was inspired by the first day of spring this year. I walked out the door to a surprise mix of snow flurries and a cacophony of bird song. While there was a bit of cognitive dissonance associated with the experience at first, the whole thing landed on a smile.
It also triggered a connection to the book that I was reading at the time, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. A moving and important book, that has put a frame around my childhood experience. Born in the 60’s, I have memories of of a much depleted population of bird life. So much so that the increasing commonness of egrets and eagles is an incredible wonder to me. So much was learned from that book. Unfortunately much has to be relearned against the relentless deception of the Monsantos of the world.
I hope that our grandchildren will be blessed with the joy of these noisy vernal awakenings.
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