Spring Remembered

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    • mlea
    • Very excited and very grateful. My son Michael will be coming back to American soil in about 12 days I want to thank all of you for your prayers and well wishes and strength.

    Spring Remembered
    Yesterday
    The trees were all gussied up in their lacy lingerie.
    This morning
    They are fully dressed for their showing.
    Designer outfits of many greens
    That sway sensually in the morning breeze.
    Debutantes ready for the ball.
    My eyes unable to decide
    Where to focus.

    My ears
    Are met with the far off tapping
    Of a Woodpecker,
    Seeking breakfast.
    Mama Squirrel
    Is scolding her precocious twins
    Who busy themselves
    Playing tag between the trees.

    The garden
    Explodes with color!
    Each bud emerging a blossom.
    Each petal unique,
    Painted by the brush strokes of angels.
     Demanding  my attention.

    My watercolor
    Is disturbed only by
    The flitting of a Monarch Butterfly,
    Orange framed in black,
    Lightly skipping from blossom to blossom,
    On her way to Northern destinations.
    I think of home,
    and Spring,
    and remember....

    mlea 07/09

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    marxred commented on Spring Remembered

    08-02-2009

    very lush and sensuous portrait my friend!....want to hear part 2.
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    mlea

    08/03/2009

    you will be the first to know... thank you, your encouragement is so appreciated...mlea

    bandit1192 commented on Spring Remembered

    08-01-2009

    This was beautiful. I could see Spring blossoming suddenly, the way it always does. The part of the Monarch Butterfly stood out for me. You made me see this lovely creature captured on your creative canvas of colors. I'm in awe. TS
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    mlea

    08/01/2009

    I am always in awe at the speed with which the leaves grow from a bud to full grown leaf. Spring has always been a favorite time, but the colors of fall are what i miss so much. We do not have much of a color change in the Houston area,not like the Adirondacks....thanks for your time, again I am grateful.....mlea

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    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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