Poet's Platform Column | 27 March 08 by Janet Nesler | The Scioto Voice | Wheelersburg, Ohio

This Early Spring Day Light rain caressed the young spring grass Growing green from the drops falling down So pure now seems our beautiful hillsides That's turning bright from miserable brown Throwing off the shackles of a long winter Flowers show off all their colors so sublime From the Tulip beds with the gorgeous tints To the green leaves up on the timberline Along the brook we see pretty wildflowers Deep Purple Violets are growing down there Over in the meadow we can see the children Flying kites high up in the early spring air Sun splashes through a cloud up in the sky Mother Earth has started showing her array Getting back the energy lost in cold weather Strutting her stuff on this warm Spring day Acie Workman Eden Park   Spring Has Sprung A Robin woke me up this morning She was sitting on my window sill As I pulled the curtains back open I saw she was sitting up there still I hear sounds of Spring in the air What a wonderful time of the year As we work out grooving the lawn Many different songbirds we hear Green buds are opening on trees Soon blooms will be on Dogwood Azeales will look so lovely in Pink Rhodendron blooms look so good Spring is when we see new growth It seems like everything comes alive After the boring time of a cold Winter We all are happy to see Spring arrive Acie Workman Eden Park   Ah Spring Perfume of a purple lilac in the Spring Gives out it's refreshing scent to the air Gone now is the drudgery of the Winter Seen in the Apple tree is Robins, a pair Sounds and smells of the springtime Abounds in all of the beauty we see Free like the birds that fly in yon sky Spring was made for someone like me Sweet smelling flowers are blooming Giving their nectar to the honey bees Blue skies without clouds are blissful It is perfect weather, made to please Of course I am wistfully thinking today For the temperature is down to zero But there will be a springtime coming Thought that you might want to know Acie Workman Eden Park