in a slow reveal
the promise of spring is closer to being realized
branches stand clad in nubs soon to be buds
sparrows and starlings cling to fine branches like leaves that ought to be
time stands ready this season on this trip around the sun
will you be here to welcome the delicate white blooms of the pear tree?
will they enjoy the gentle flicker
in the spring breeze without your fleeting gaze?
it is a slow reveal
Pat
2/25/21
For dVerse Poets Pub where the focus is on “Turns” in a poem
MTB: Middles & Turns
thoughts and entanglements 
The picture and your verse were well matched Pat, fine post!
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Thank you Rob, the image did inspire that verse🙂
Pat
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The poem certainly plays on revelation as the arrival of Spring is sensed .
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Thanks Denis. I’m breaking out of my haiku bondage🙂
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A lovely piece Pat – nicely realised. I really like the turn in line 6 – where we go from certainty (the world turns, Spring follows Winter) to uncertainty – will you be there? – it shifts the poem from general on to a much more personal level – Thanks so much for sharing this piece.
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I wondered if this would work as a turn since it was at the end. Thanks for the feed back. My pleasure Peter.
Pat
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Encouraging
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Lovely poem Pat, it does feel like we’re right on the tipping point of Spring. My autumn bulbs are just poking through (which I’m very relieved about as I never quite trust my ability in the garden.) I love the line of nubs, soon to be buds. Wonderful description for the in-between state.
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Thank you Carol. I have yet to look see mine due to a bank of snow still lolling about. That may change today though because it’s raining. we’ll see🙂
Pat
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I’ll be there, though I don’t presume my gaze will honor them as well as your poem does.
Thank you.
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😄,,, thank you Tim, that made me smile😄
Pat
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sparrows and starlings cling to fine branches like leaves that ought to be–exactly! I love the bird trees. (K)
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Ha, ha… I saw another one today, so cool!
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I think spring usually arrives so many times (leaving and returning again)… but we get used to her fickleness.
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Yeah, feels like a game of hide & seek🙂
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Beautiful
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