On a March Morning

[David Nelson Bradsher]

A Spring song lingers, dawn-performed
by robins (in quartet),
in bluster-lanes that, last night, stormed
and left the new grass wet.

The birds’ concerto whistles through
the morning, warbling sound
to pleach the skies of Newman blue
above the drying ground.

When March removes the stinging cold
for just this atmosphere
where winter’s thawing wings unfold
and shred, the spring is near;

and with the swirling shift-and-swerve
of March’s tempest-wind
we lie, entwined, and we observe
what starts at season’s end.

[MichaelFirewalker]

just been doing the same thing, in the same way, so this really hits home today ----I would not presume to critique this poem----it is gently, sensitively perfect----and I love the Newman blue...

hugs,
michael

[David Nelson Bradsher]

Thank you, my friend. I was hoping "Newman blue" would make sense. I appreciate it.

[Laura Stone]

Hi David,

I do believe that I have to say the same about the Newman blue... picked it up right away even before reading Michael's comment. And such a lovely shade it is! Really quite lovely. Thanks...

Laura

[LynnDoiron]

Love that you used pleach! Maggie love's that word and it SO fits this poem just as you've implemented it. This makes me want to be a bluebird, just for a little while, and play in this sky with these words. Thanks, D.

[Ken_Nye]

Lovely, David. Just lovely. Something that will end up in an anthology somewhere. ( I had to look up pleach.Thanks. I wil use it sometime).
Ken

[mfwilkie]

D,

Love the assonance in this.

Mags

[LeoVictorBriones (poetremains)]

Now I know what North Carolina is like in the Spring. Newman blue is brilliant! A great fresh approach to true blue. I wouldn't change a thing other than the title which I might call On a March morning...and then you have an enjambed title to first verse that would read... On a March morning Spring song lingers...oh, by the way, Spring needs to be in Caps or ir would mean bounce, right?

[David Nelson Bradsher]

Thank you, Leo. Great thoughts, and I completely agree about the title. The whole seasonal cap thing gets me, especially since microsoft word dings you if you cap it. Anyways, I appreciate the read and the comments.

David