Hi Gerald.
there's a you in it at the beginning and a we in it further down. So that
confuses me a bit. On second reading I wonder if you need the first line at
all. Maybe that's just what gave you the starting ide of the poem/
best
Sally
(just back from 2 days at St Andrews Poetry Festival)
on 21/3/04 8:05 pm, Gerald England at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> A wouldbesonnet for spring
>
> O to be where you are
> now that Spring is here
> uphill blows the wind
> overturning wheelie-bins
>
> under the bending willow-tree
> bright daffodils stand proud
> hailstones rattle at the windows
> the birds are nowhere to be seen
>
> clouds scamper in the graydark sky
> no sun no moon no stars
> we turn the central heating up
> put on an extra layer
> pull curtains across the door
> and wish we were elsewhere
>
> Gerald England
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