Thoughts of Spring in Autumn



                                         Leonid Afrimov

POETRY POTLUCK
http://jinglepoetry.blogspot.com/2011/05/poetry-potluck-color-spring-and-rainbow.html
Suggests 'colour, Spring and rainbows.'


THOUGHTS OF SPRING IN AUTUMN

We must wait till September, till Spring arrives once more.

Winter is knocking at the window and who knows what’s in store?

Today the first of the chilly rain came sheeting down the street,

And the last of the summer flowers are finally admitting defeat.

Yet, throughout winter, there are rainbows, and colour still remains;

The Winter flowers grow bravely welcoming refreshing rains.

Here Summer is always a trial, when cool days are so rare,

And so we rejoice in Winter; so much easier to bear.

Yet still we long for Springtime, when the wattle flaunts its gold

And the glorious jacaranda is a glory to behold.

Australia has its seasons, though far more subtle than yours,

Here, in the land of Upsidedown, we’re obeying different laws!

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SISTERHOOD
(An Acrostic)

Strange that at the start of life
I only yearned to be a wife,
Seeking to find myself a man,
The icing on the marzipan.
Each year that passes I discover,
Right as it is to need a lover,
How precious are my female friends;
On them much happiness depends!
Often I'm found,(and it's so good,)
Delighting in The Sisterhood.
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