If you like Spring, Maryland weather
is like a scratch-off lottery ticket:
your lucky penny may wipe away
the snow for one week, and a cluster
of tulips appear.
The sweltering heat of summer
be interrupted by zephyrs,
cool as Canada.
It is a poor man's delight, these anomalies
of paradise.
Another type of unearthing,
the treasure of treason
against a bitter or blistering season.
And fall is a second vernal equinox here,
the leaves as colorful as flowers,
the honeyed air full ofpleasant smells and feels.
When you can wear sweaters and sandals
at the same time.
But the real gift is the sweepstakes of surprise,
the bucolic breaks that visit
like white-winged angels
at any given time
of the year.
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I love this Greg,
I did a reading on SoundCloud as it is great read aloud.
https://soundcloud.com/neopoet/scratch-off-spring-by-greg-walker
May I post it to our Facebook page?
I'll probably come back with some real crit when I get over my infatuation.
oo oo I know what's wrong with it.
You have written it so well you could remove some of the line breaks to let the verse flow in its natural cadence.
Read this aloud-
If you like Spring, Maryland weather
is like a scratch-off lottery ticket:
your lucky penny may wipe away
the snow for one week, and a cluster
of tulips appear.
The sweltering heat of summer
be interrupted by zephyrs,
cool as Canada.
It is a poor man's delight, these anomalies
of paradise.
Another type of unearthing,
the treasure of treason
against a bitter or blistering season.
And fall is a second vernal equinox here,
the leaves as colorful as flowers,
the honeyed air full ofpleasant smells and feels.
When you can wear sweaters and sandals
at the same time.
But the real gift is the sweepstakes of surprise,
the bucolic breaks that visit
like white-winged angels
at any given time
of the year.
Wodjarekon?
I love it, jess. it improves
I love it, jess. it improves the poem, I think, for sure. and you can definitely share on facebook!
Hey Greg...
Good stuff! have nothing to crit. ~ Gee.
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hey, it has been ages since
hey, it has been ages since last time i visit
it is a pleasure to see you are still writing
i think you might want to add a bit more of a drama in the poem, add how you feel about it
the poem is purely descriptive
and then you used the word zephyr instead of simple wind, i would drop it
but i liked the alliterations in the middle of some stanza and a word selection over all leaves good fresh impression
good write overall
who is new here and good, tell me i will take a look.
don't be angry at my critique, i mean well