My Meadow Bright

My ephemeral lonely wood anemone
So delicate and satin soft your face
Playfully bounce a dance of Gemini
Fill my woodland home with a state of grace

How bright is your white in the dawning light
When those first golden sunrays adorn you
Making me cheer my morning meadow bright
When walking down the old path passing through

Growing sun cause another season past
Too soon your lovely face will fade to pink
Forever etched in mind your image last
Each early spring cause me to catch a wink

Sometimes beauty last only a few days
Like the vernal flowers nature displays
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Posted: Apr 2012
About this poem:
A sonnet to celebrate the short and beautiful flowers of spring found everywhere on the forest floor before the leaves of a canopy emerge....it's a truly magical scene...especially the little woods anemones......my favorite.

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andrew149
Lovely subject to write on, as you say, especially this time of year too....Thankyou....Andrewcool
elo69
another great sonnet yankee, I love the subject,the closeness with nature and the personal experience which comes through the words...elo
lucy1777
What a imagination ...I love it!teddybear
Maxeen_1
My Meadow Bright by: Yankee4you
Yankee One Word ..........(BEAUTIFUL)thumbs up wow
My ephemeral lonely wood anemone
So delicate and satin soft your face
Playfully bounce a dance of Gemini
Fill my woodland home with a state of grace
Fellsman
What is there left to say, Yankee? Another fine sonnet extolling the endless bounty of nature...

Regards

Bill wine wine
Yankee4youonline today!
Andrew this is such an amazing time of year when whole species that might normally be encountered in the woods, these vernal plants and animals are in full breeding plumage or color...they are brilliant and one can watch the whole life cycle play out in days before the leaves fill out the canopy and the sun......overhead...
Yankee4youonline today!
The flowering plants and wild mushrooms are plentiful
Airikah
this was very beautiful. not sure what a sonnet is, I just learned what a trillium is. and your writing is just breath taking. thank you.
Poetnumber1
Comments all taken my friendconversing
Yankee4youonline today!
Hey Swade... We are about the same parrellel and the trillium and trout lillies are dominent vernal plants here too...3,000 miles East. It's hard somtimes to grasp the size of our country and the simliarities and differences amoungst natural communities of plants and animals. Stranger things are happenning like the timing of bud break and appearence of flowers as well as the hibernation rate of many species is occuring 4-6 weeks earlier than average...very unusual. I don't know what to make of it??
Macduff5
Hi Chris,

Seems like sonnets have overtaken you for the Spring. When I read your poems why do I keep thinking of Robert Frost. Your part of the world I guess. Here it is four seasons in a day and lately mainly rain. Thanks for lifting my spirits. cheers
deeprootlove1
always u shine here with sweet shares as always i enjoy read ur words,thanks for ur share
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