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Topic: Season(s) of a year or life (01/13/11)
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TITLE: Transformations | Previous Challenge Entry
By Marlene Bonney
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Crocus peeking,
Ice is leaking;
Egg is warming,
Fetus forming.
Temps are rising,
Tulips sighing;
Womb increasing,
Babe’s releasing.
Windstorms blowing,
Rains are sowing;
Toddler growing
And exploring.
Showers flooding,
Flowers budding;
Child’s striving,
Healthy thriving.
Cold appearing,
Disappearing;
Bold reforming;
Then, informing.
Storms are brewing,
Foliage strewing;
Teen-aged feuding,
Young love brooding.
Birds are singing,
Flowers clinging;
Future making
Is awak’ning.
Summer Starts . . . And Departs:
Heat is rising,
Seas inviting;
Jobs are calling,
Programs launching.
Flowers balming,
Lakes are calming;
Passion testing,
Forces vesting.
Grass is greening,
Cornfields gleaning;
Lovely wedding,
Child begetting.
Beaches shelling,
Waves are swelling;
Life appealing,
Roles revealing.
Heat waves steaming,
Foliage gleaming;
Offspring raising,
Best years blazing.
Eagles soaring,
Seagulls shoring;
Children learning
And maturing.
Sun is baking,
Lightning making;
Family bondings,
Trips absconding.
Trees are bearing
Fruity flarings;
Goals attaining,
Future training.
Fall Is Flaming . . . Fall Is Fading:
Heat is cooling,
Seasons fooling;
Empty-nesting,
Hair recessing.
Squirrels hoarding,
Wheat bales cording;
Mid-life pending,
Strength is spending.
Harvest reapings,
Willows weeping;
Clocks are humming,
Time is strumming.
Autumn’s shadings,
Leaf cascadings;
Grandkids doting,
Paces slowing.
Frosty mornings,
Snow adornings;
No more chasing,
Slower racing.
Branches baring,
Ice is glaring;
Slowed down plumbings
And succombings.
Leaves are browning,
Flowers frowning;
Age spots forming,
Toes are corning.
Critters seeking
Warmer ekeings;
Final dancing
Is advancing.
Winter Wins . . . Winter Wanes:
Cold is snapping,
Blizzards rapping;
Mem’ries fading,
Things mislaying.
Mounds snow-capping,
Trunks are sapping;
Bodies napping,
Bones are snapping.
Snowball throwing,
Drifts are blowing;
Pill prescribings,
Drugs imbibing.
Icebergs cracking,
Lumber-jacking;
Grandkids stopping,
Story-swapping.
Cold and snowing,
Temps yo-yo-ing;
Friends are dying,
Dates expiring.
Frigid mornings,
Snowstorm warnings;
Eyesight dimming,
Bladders brimming.
Snow is melting,
Icy peltings;
Teeth are rotting,
Skin is spotting.
Spring forthcoming,
Wakened numbings;
God reclaiming
And reframing.
Ashes to ashes
And dust to dust
We’re back where we started
New birth after death.
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