Spring
coming
flooding
melting snow
sunshine glow
watch drifts go
suddenly found
just look around
wet muddy ground
change is profound
thick ice on town pond
and snowbanks beyond
commence to respond
from landscape abscond
with twitch of the wand
Soon we'll see buds on trees
life returns, through degrees
fauna freed from the freeze
June bugs and bumble bees
flowers, birds in the breeze
herald springtime's reprise
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Author Notes
We're finally seeing the return of spring, here in Minnesota. Its warm, and snow is melting, albeit with some flooding. Can now see the ground and grass. Birds are returning, Insects are coming out. Trees are budding, and flowers are coming up.
This poem is a Hexaverse.
A Hexaverse is a type of poem that relates stanza lines to syllable count in increasing volume. It starts with a 1 syllable, 1 line stanza (also the Title of the poem); then, 2 syllables, 2 lines; then 3 syllables, 3 lines; then 4 syllables, 4 lines; and then 5 syllables, 5 lines.. etc. It can have as many stanzas as the author wants. No rhyme scheme is required. The Title is also the first line of the Poem (I couldn't do that here, because I already had a poem with the name posted). Many Hexaverse poems also start each line with the same word. While this is not a requirement, it is an option.
A related version is the Diminishing Hexaverse, which starts with longest stanzas, and works its way down to one word.
In this poem, I chose to go with 6 stanzas. I also chose to mono-rhyme each stanza, and center the text.
This photograph was taken by the author himself on April 27, 2013.
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