Beautiful Spring Poems

WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN

 

- Suddenly, I awoke,

To the touch and feel of his able hands,

I rose to see a light burning ever,

Neither hot to...

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Holi Yaoshang arrived
filling the atmosphere
with festive mood.
Then joyously
the beautiful maiden danced,
her movements enchanting,
her smile imbued.

She celebrated Spring's arrival
revealing her graceful curves
with delight.
While from an ajar...

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Colors, bold and laughing
Journey through Spring, then Summer
Reminiscing about Winter’s bitter
All the hostile, cold and gray
Ice crystals,
Faded into the silence
Beneath a freshly fallen snow
Blowing away...

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Dew glistens, whimsical, over gentle dawn
hues fade beyond the background of sparkly nights
silent moments breath light on the nourished lawn

creeks flow gently, harmonizing with bobwhites
wind’s...

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ANYTE OF TEGEA

Stranger, rest your weary legs beneath the elms;
hear how coolly the breeze murmurs through their branches;
then take a bracing draught from the mountain-fed...

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Her soft pink petals are invitingly fresh and bright
Next to many others displayed in colors that delight
She sits and patiently awaits on greenhouse shelves
And prays...

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The sun disappears much, much later, an hour later to be exact.
This translates into having more daylight and a longer afternoon,
To watch the strolling peacocks...

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Sappho Translations III by Michael R. Burch


Bed the bride with the beautiful feet,
or bring her to me!
—Sappho, fragment 103b, translation by Michael R. Burch

I long...

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No one can wholly understand love
Love is never what one thinks it is
Love often comes as a snippy surprise
As a starry shock stemming from above.

Love...

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Glacial sent wet winds to chase out autumn radiance,
Snowdrift saints powdered white many gardens,
Leaving long flakes to peel open the morning ~
   Secretly...

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Shades of Red

The red spectrum of people,
Like a beautiful butterfly,
Fluttering across the sky,
Looking for a bloomed flower.

Shades of Red traverse the landscape,
Like freshly turned fall...

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More than any master,
More than any preacher,
You are the best guide!
Yes! You are the best teacher.

Any excess of summer,
And you cool down as rain.
When the...

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Love for all seasons
For multitudinous reasons
Love all season long
Like a nouveau song
Fall, winter
Spring and summer
The beautiful sparrows are singing
And the children are happily playing.

Love for...

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Emerald grass gives a delightful view
With variegated strands of sage and blue
Freshly cut in rows of splendor
Children run with great adventure
Upon the grass they place...

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Without a bachelor's, master's, or PhD to think of,
No need, as this architect is adept, with credentials from above.

With its pristine vision, it takes twigs...

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