Thwomp-Boom, ice dams fall.
Birds sing as sunshine strengthens.
Drip, drip, icicle lengthens;
When will the snow go?
Canada Geese waddle into traffic,
Honking: Where’s the ground?
Where can food be found?
When will the snow go?
Cars honk back; engines roar.
Traffic stalls and goggles at geese.
Is it spring despite me wearing fleece?
When will the snow go?
Copyright 2015 Brenda Davis Harsham
This Poetry Friday is wrangled by Author Amok. May your inner child be joyful this weekend!
Note: I was driving back from the pediatrician with my son, who clonked his head on the ice Sunday night (he has a mild concussion and will be fine), when two prosperous-looking Canada Geese waddled right across the busy road. The sight of them in the road is unusual, they generally congregate on grassy lawns. It reminded me that the wild things are even more inconvenienced by the remaining mountains of snow than I am. And that spring is nearly here!! Woo-hoo! The geese have returned! Given I was driving, I didn’t get a picture of them.
49 thoughts on “Sounds of Spring”
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Friendly Fairy Tales 
Oh no! Hope your son is doing better & better each day. Tell him to take it easy.
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Thanks! He’s all better now. I hope you and yours are all well. Blessings, Brenda
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Think not this quite contrary
But there is a Snow Fairy!
your entire blog is a Snow Fairytale since months.. such beautiful one! I am sincerly sorry for your son, but these things simply happen! Mine scratched his arm badly playing football this afternoon for example. Our routine:(
kisses!
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Aw, I hope your son is all better soon. I bet he’s a tiger on a pitch! 🙂
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A beautiful poem — but geesh — very scary about your son! I’m glad he’s okay now. 🙂
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He’s totally fine now. Other kids broke legs or pulled tendons on the ice. Yikes!
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Wow. What a mess!!!
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Yes, the snowiest winter in recorded history has left its marks. Few of us will forget this year.
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No doubt!!!!
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Snow is great for sledging and building snow people, but not good when it gets icy. We have no snow where I am.
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I might miss it if we had none. But I feel we have had plenty this year. 😉
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Ahhh! I see. It’s glorious sunshine here, so I am lucky, but in the middle of working 12 days in a row (day 4) so not experiencing it.
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Now that I write, I never stop working for a whole day. Ever. Funny. I make nothing, but work harder than I ever have. That might be the modern definition of insanity. LOL
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It’s creative quirky. I love it!
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Sorry about your son’s concussion, Brenda! I fell a few times while walking my dog this winter, but (somehow?) managed to avoid a concussion/breaking anything. Yesterday I saw some migrating hooded mergansers — such cute birds!
I especially like the lines “Birds sing as sunshine strengthens.
Drip, drip, icicle lengthens”
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I looked up the hooded mergansers, and they are beautiful bird. I’ve never seen them before. Nature is so gorgeous!! Thanks for your kind words about my poetry. I’m glad you weren’t hurt on the ice. My son is back to normal, thank goodness! Now it’s snowing again!! And it’s sticking. Unbelievable. I just got online to see if I can tell how much we’re going to get. 🙂
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Hi, Brenda. The spring thaw is bringing lots of geese to our area (Maryland) also. We had rain today, which gathered up the last of the snow and washed it away.
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We still have mountains of snow covering the grass. I have tall iron planters out front, and I can finally see them again. The snow had completely hidden them. We’ll get there, though. 🙂
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yay to all of this, brenda!
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Thanks!! 🙂
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Sorry to hear about your son’s mild concussion, Brenda. His healing will be in my prayers. I love the comical geese, so glad no one ran them over. Always worried about the ducks in the creek next to my apt. My grandies (M & M girls) and I are heading to see, “Cinderella,” which may or may not be a good one for me to see today. I wrote a silly heartbreak poem, which is more prose and less creative than I wished, too. The humor you showed in your playful words was sweet, Brenda. Enjoy the melting snow and hope your sump pump is working and no problems result from the flooding waters…. Hugs, Robin
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We are dry in our basement so far. I want to take my kids to Cinderella, too. Maybe I will!
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Yes, Spring will be here soon. I hope.
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Sooner there than here. 🙂
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🙂 This reminded me of the holy cows on the roads here in India 🙂 :-). They are here all year around though 🙂 Yaaay spring is coming!! 🙂
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Yeah! It’s been thawing here!
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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All the snow is gone here! Yay. Glad your son is alright. Love the poem Brenda.
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Thanks! Glad to hear from you, Ms. Vee!
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You’re welcome!
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Still lots on thd ground but we’re moving in the right direction. I hope your son is ok.
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We are all well again, thanks! 🙂
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Ours is almost gone. Hope…just around the corner is the color GREEN!
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Still mountains of snow here, but the bench of my herb garden has peeked through. 🙂
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Oh, those geese were just giving you enough time to write this lovely poem! 🙂
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LOL That’s right, those geese were all about me! 🙂
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Poets seek out nature. Maybe nature seeks out poets 😉
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Maybe! Maybe nature notices people who notice.
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Beautiful and filled with hope. Have a lovely weekend:)
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Thanks!
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Our snow has gone. Hope yours will leave soon. Loved your poem. “Drip, drip, icicle lengthens.” Have seen that in winters past, but not this year.
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It’s raining today! Looks lovely to my eyes. 🙂
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That’s a lot of snow!
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We still have mountains of the stuff. 🙂
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The melt is on! Even saw my first fly yesterday.
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Yeah! I never thought I would say that about a fly. 😉
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I saw my first fly last Friday. YUK!
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I would prefer to see my first daffodil, but I guess the flies come first.
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They’re back!
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