Warming Up
It’s Spring in the northern half of the world.
I imagine all nature warming now.
As petals and leaves are slowly unfurled,
as baby animals are born and grow,
I picture the increasing sun, the glow.
I’m in the southern half; it’s Autumn here,
always my favourite time of the year
with its gradually withdrawing sun
leisurely, reluctant to disappear.
But not this year – it comes in thick with rain.
We could use some warming up around here!
I'm participating in April Poetry Month aka NaPoWriMo again this year (2021) using Robert Lee Brewer's prompts at Poetic Asides though not posting there, which has become difficult. I'm sharing them instead in the small group of people who were early responders to the PA prompts some years back when they began, "the originals" as we call ourselves (and posting here too, of course).
In Australia it's already April 1st, but as most people in the group are in the Northern Hemisphere, I'll abide by the order given – in which the prompt 'Warming Up' is meant as an immediate precursor to the April poems.
PS Will share some of the poems on Instagram as well, as I'll also be using Kerry O'Connor's April words list @skyloverpoetry – though in this poem I didn't.
And I'm linking this one to Writer's Pantry #64 at Poets and Storytellers United.
I hope the rain moves off soon so you can enjoy your favorite season. <3
ReplyDeleteThanks for the good wishes, but I'm afraid it is increasing!
DeleteI love how you describe spring and autumn, their beauty comes bright and lovely through your words. I also love that although things are hard now--all that rain--your poem makes sure that we don't forget that it isn't always like that. Just that it could be better. I hope, hope, hope... you get the autumn your heart is longing for very soon.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed, and thank you. I hope so too. At present we have a warning of severe weather and some flooding! Areas south of here already had serious floods at the end of March. Climate change seems to mean a wide variety of conditions! At least the drought has broken – though not in very helpful ways. Who'd be a farmer?
DeleteWhen it comes to bad weather, farmers always suffer the most. I was just talking with my Piano Man yesterday about how worried I am about the approaching storm season in the Caribbean. Not only because they tend to destroy farmland, but also because they affect the availability of clean water--something that is really needed in these days of COVID. We shall keep our fingers crossed.
DeleteIt was warming up over here in the UK, Rosemary, but the temperature has dropped, and we’ve had warnings of Easter snow – not for the first time. I just hope it doesn’t affect our cherry blossom! That said, I’m with you – autumn is my favourite time of the year too.
ReplyDeleteI hope we both soon get more salubriously seasonal weather!
DeleteYes the east coast of Australia has endured a few weather problems recently. However we just have to grin and bear it and hope all gets back to normal soon. Our winters are usually mild but hopefully it will all settle back satisfactorily.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, all we can really do is keep hoping for the best – and deal as best we can with whatever else happens.
DeleteHappy Easter. We here in Trinidad and Tobago are getting quite a number of rainy days in our Dry Season
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much love...
Hope it stays within bounds, there, and that you've had a lovely Easter too.
DeleteContrasting seasons well captured. Wishing you a wonderful autumn in the southern part!
ReplyDeleteSpring AND fall are the best bookends to mark the days!
ReplyDeleteI agree – under normal conditions.
Deleteit has been quite wet over here for the past few days too..
ReplyDeleteI always think you're so close you're practically in the same region.
DeleteEverything's warming and unfurling now but we had a few freezing-cold nights last week. Happy autumn to you...
ReplyDeleteAnd Happy Spring to you!
DeleteFall is my favorite season too. Not just for the colors of the leaves, but I love the tilt of the sun, the shadows falling differently. Spring is exciting, the plants come alive, planting vegetables begins. Fall is the relaxing time too, I don't plant in winter, so fall means a rest is near!
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping we get some days without rain so I may remove my jungle of flourishing weeds in the back yard! (We don't call it 'fall' here; most of our trees are evergreen.)
DeleteBeautiful autumn sunshine in the outback...along with the wasps. red back spider. .mouse plague, giant jack in the beanstalk weeds and termites....Plus a wombat that has a personal vendetta against me and in cahoots with the termites is trying to tear down my house.
ReplyDeleteRight! Have fun! (Here we have proliferating weeds, a lot of small-eyed sakes seen around the district, giant pot-holes, threatened floods ... I think preferable to what you're contending with, however.)
DeleteStrange weather world round as of late. We had a hard freeze, late too for the South here. I must read up on the poles flipping, they may do that some time. But probably in my soon to close lifetime. I would love to experience that.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes for your NaPoWriMo, you are doing great. I haven't decided, at first I was going to do hit and miss but so far I've made the days. At NaPoWriMo we have a fourteen or 28 line poem, our pick, to strip all the writing except the first letter of each line. Then we fill back in the lines with a poem of our own. I may decide to write something easier but if my time permits I'd like to finish the skeleton that I now have.
We could do that another day, I may do that.
Today I should go to our orthopedic to get my foot Xrayed as it still is in terrible shape and pain around my toes, especially the big one. It was Friday that I fell.
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Good luck with the foot!
DeleteThat poetic exercise you describe sounds very interesting.
It must be difficult to look to winter when so many of us are pontificating on Spring! I lost my dear friend in Perth last year, and I miss her sassy notes reminding me of the seasons Down Under. You tolerate us all quite welL!
ReplyDeleteSo sorry about your friend. I know she was very dear to you.
DeleteI don't really mind winter too much where I am, in the sub-tropics. I don't hanker for the sort of Spring which requires a great contrast with the previous season!
We desert dweller in the U.S. Southwest would love to have some of your rain!
ReplyDeleteOh for that happy medium we'd all like!.
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