Catkin young,
Soft, sage and fuzzy,
Catkin brave,
No leaves are open,
Catkin cold,
Snow freezes toes.
Catkin grow!
Early sign of spring.
Catkin open:
When ripe but soon!
Catkin bloom:
Bring back the birds.
Copyright 2015 Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: Fingers crossed for spring here. Someday soon, we’ll have blooms here, and lots of spring-green shoots! For another catkin poem, see Catkin Fuzzy.
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Do you still have snow??? Hope Spring comes soon. It’s been pretty nice here, but then again, summer is scary hot.
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Yes, still pretty of snow in banks everywhere I go. Lawns are mostly clear now, though. Today is supposed to be sunny and 60s. Our first really beautiful day. I’m planning to go for a long walk.
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This is my first time I thought of them as such. I like this way of labeling the fuzzy flowers and shall go over to the other post you guided us to. This is such a fun and lovely way of describing this. Are they related to pussy willows or a whole different bud entirely, Brenda?
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I wish I knew. I am a patient observer, but I don’t know every variety. I believe this is a kind of magnolia, because it has large white blooms, not of the dogwood variety, when in bloom, but I’m not positive.
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Cheshire Cat Grin
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Oh spring
please
don’t disappear
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snow slows,
spring,
may hide
but renews
a gentle overwhelming
of the past
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Thanks for the WP blitz! 🙂
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I was happy to find you and stop by. My reader is so crammed, months go by without my finding old friends.
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I know how that is! I get so behind, and the year is flying by . . . AGAIN!
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Yes! I have so much to do and the time is flying past.
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Perfect poetic progression… I love it… BTW , I am inviting you to join a Poetry challenge called Non Love in More Than Ten Words . You can check it out on this post, after the mythology section wp.me/p60vo-4ah All my best wishes, Aquileana 😀
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Thanks for dropping by and letting me know. I enjoyed your Callisto post. I have done the love challenge. I left you a link, but here it is again. https://friendlyfairytales.com/2015/03/22/the-love-challenge/
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I am so glad Spring is coming. I was getting worried it forgot to return.
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It’s playing hookie in the South Carribean. LOL
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I’m a little embarrassed to say I don’t know what a catkin is. Other than some kind of tree, apparently.
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It’s the fuzzy bud the tree forms in spring. 🙂
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Ooooh! I had no idea. Thanks. 😀
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🙂 So many scientific names, but I like to go with the common ones. 🙂
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
CAt-KIN DO IT!
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Cat Can! Maybe a Cat Can-Can!
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Wouldn’t that be a dance of a different tune?
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Sure would! LOL
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They are a comin’!
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You do love your catkins!! So what does this turn into when flowering – a long spaghetti like flower – sort of? Spaghetti on trees sounds good!
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LOL I could get behind a pasta tree. As for my catkins, I think they will be large tulip magnolia blooms, or at least look like them. It’s not my tree, so I’m not 100% sure what it is.
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Nice poem, straight in time for the Easter! I haven’t seen any catkins in Canada so far, but we always had them in Latvia, some looked like made out of white shiny silk.
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Still have wisps of snow in NY, but spring is indeed coming. Happy Easter to all. Lovely poem Brenda. 🙂
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Thank you! We still have curves and hillocks of snow wherever plows did go. 🙂
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Beautiful poem for Spring.. I saw some this morning on a walk to the woods 🙂 Happy Easter Brenda.
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Happy Easter, Sue, I hope the catkins don’t open too soon. More snow was predicted. One year we got two feet of snow April 1. The trees suffered that year. They are beautiful, though, that first touch of spring. Take care and have a great week! Warmly, Brenda
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Thank you Brenda.. Today was like a midsummers day instead of Spring.. In the 20’s Deg C on our back garden this afternoon… But I am not fooled… we often get mild early spring to get snow later in April.. I just hope its not in the mid lambing season as it happened the other year.. Lots of young lambs perished in the snow drifts then…
Enjoy your Catkins.. 🙂
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We rarely get snow in April. But I do remember getting two feet one April 1… So you never know. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for the lambs.
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This bud looks so much like from my pussy willow tree, which has yet to begin to bud. (sad face) I really enjoyed your poem, which brought JOY to my Heart. Happy Easter, my friend! Love, Amy
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This is a bush that looks like a magnolia. I’m not sure what it is exactly, but it’s pretty, isn’t it?
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It is at that, Brenda. We don’t have magnolia here, at least not that I know of. My neighbor has already asked me for cuttings from out pussy willow tree, so I plan on trekking in mud tomorrow to check to see if it is budding yet. I checked last week and nothing yet. It’s been a slow go for Spring this year, my friend. The Fairies are just yearning for that warmth and sunshine. I know this “human fairy” is. LOL
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Winter has its claws in still, but nothing stops spring forever. It will come. The buds are already the first signs. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for your pussy willow. Have a terrific week! Hugs, Brenda
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Always enjoy reading your posts, Brenda. Happy East, to you and those you love. May your day be bright and beautiful!
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Thanks, Celia! I hope your day is bright and beautiful, too. Have a great week ahead.
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Do you know the lovely tableofcolors blog? Here are her lovely catkins to join your beauties. http://tableofcolors.com/2015/04/03/rahkapulla-finnish-easter-traditions/#comments
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What fun! My daughter has a special dress to wear today for Easter. We will be going to a friend’s house for a huge lunch, coloring eggs and an egg hunt. And shhh, don’t tell, but the Easter Bunny may have left something downstairs!! 🙂
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Exciting. I won’t say a word. 🙂
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Catkin ..young but strong!
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Yes, the savior of the world — all the leaves that produce our oxygen start with the modest catkin. 🙂
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Brenda – such elegant and beautiful!
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Mihrank, Thanks for your kind words. Have a great weekend! Warmly, Brenda
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it’s coming!
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Yeah! Is your snow all gone? We still have patches.
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Lovely! Spring is springing!
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Yes, first the buds come. The trees always know. 🙂
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