sevenling: spring blossoms

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we lounge under cherry trees

in blossoming hues of white, 

light pink and reddish pink

we listen to sounds of spring – 

chirping birds, children laughing,

the ice cream truck’s jingle 

if only this season would last forever

- This poem was inspired by dVerse Haibun MOnday: first (cherry) blossoms.  I wrote my poem as sevenling rather than a haibun poem.  

we dance around

we dance around the
pink elephant in the room
trying our best to avoid
the sharp edges that threaten
to pierce our boundaries

we both know what needs 
to be said but our lips 
stay sealed as our voices 
linger silently in our throats

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #197: Look Sharp, Now! (Let's write a poem.)

love versus fate

beautiful eyes

like a golden dawn

lingers in his dreams

for so long

silver smiles

was a love call

to her yearning heart

from the start

fate’s sentinel

watches from afar

cuts the lines clean

with no regard

- Written for dVerse Poetics: Daffy for Daffodils, Sprung for Spring.  I used the following daffodil variety names: beautiful eyes, golden dawn, silver smiles, love call and sentinel

slumbering through the seasons

when the autumn leaves fell

the trees slipped into a slumber

before winter sprinkled the mountains 

with snow white glaze

when spring flowers burst through

emerald grass we chased after 

butterflies into summer’s gaze 

that held us enthralled until 

she departed with twilight kisses

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #196 - Let's have a Sumber Party! with today's word "slumber".