Some Spring Day by Dennis Lange

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Some Spring Day by Dennis Lange

April 14, 2012 by thebardonthehill

Forget-me-not (Photo credit: Sir_Iwan)

Some Spring Day

One by one, we’re planted in
…Our cemetery plots,
By careful hands and quaking hearts –
…Beloved forget-me-nots.

Our sleep – long, deep, while others are
…Still toiling like the bees,
Collecting nectar day by day,
…And playing in the breeze.

They bring fresh flowers to our graves
…To brighten up our room,
As if to give example so
…We just might dare to bloom.

And thus we will, on some spring day,
…Like seeds begin to sprout;
We’ll burst forth from our flower beds,
…When beckoned by a shout.

And on that cold or sunny day,
…Will we be wheat or weed?
Will our swift rise be a surprise?
…What is our kind of seed?

Not chance our lot, but charted course
…For, in our lives we chose
To be what seed is planted here –
…A bramble or a rose.

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21 Responses

on April 14, 2012 at 10:33 AM | Reply annedearle

Lovely words
- on April 14, 2012 at 10:56 AM | Reply thebardonthehill
  
  Thanks!
on April 14, 2012 at 5:31 PM | Reply K. Ryan Henisey

Wonderful. We are indeed the types we choose to be.
on April 14, 2012 at 5:52 PM | Reply the walrus

Hey there. Very nice words there! 🙂 And thanks for liking my new post!
- on April 14, 2012 at 6:02 PM | Reply thebardonthehill
  
  You’re welcome, and thanks for stopping by.
  - on April 14, 2012 at 6:08 PM the walrus
    
    Always good to read other people’s stuff. 🙂
on April 14, 2012 at 8:07 PM | Reply Symanntha Renn

This is a wonderfully thought out poem!
- on April 15, 2012 at 3:09 PM | Reply thebardonthehill
  
  Thank you!
on April 15, 2012 at 8:18 AM | Reply barbaraflass

I love this! It’s comforting and calming. Great choice of flower in the forget-me-nots.
- on April 15, 2012 at 3:01 PM | Reply thebardonthehill
  
  Glad you liked it!
on April 15, 2012 at 12:54 PM | Reply Lindy Lee

Long as it’s not Poison Ivy, right up on top of the Misery Causers List with mosquitos…
- on April 15, 2012 at 2:59 PM | Reply thebardonthehill
  
  In a movie, one was poison Ivy, so that may be what she’ll rise to be. 🙂
  - on April 15, 2012 at 4:45 PM Lindy Lee
    
    Drew Barrymore…
on April 15, 2012 at 1:00 PM | Reply Lindy Lee

In addition, nice manner of alternating rhyme & tetra-trimeters on the new growth of spring…
on April 15, 2012 at 3:40 PM | Reply Linda Willows

This is just Grand! Wonderful!
on April 17, 2012 at 10:31 AM | Reply Julie Catherine

Love this one, Dennis, well crafted, I really enjoyed reading this. 🙂
- on April 17, 2012 at 2:05 PM | Reply thebardonthehill
  
  Thanks! It’s nice when a poem comes together somewhat like one envisioned it.
on April 18, 2012 at 8:59 PM | Reply Dennis N. O'Brien

Yes good poem bard.
- on April 19, 2012 at 8:14 AM | Reply thebardonthehill
  
  Thanks again!
on April 19, 2012 at 12:37 PM | Reply bardessdmdenton

This is splendid!

‘What is our kind of seed?

Not chance our lot, but charted course
For, in our lives we chose
To be what seed is planted here –
A bramble or a rose.’

Indeed, we do have a choice…and every moment are setting down the seeds…
- on April 19, 2012 at 10:11 PM | Reply thebardonthehill
  
  Thanks! That’s my favorite part of the poem, too.