swift as wind currents
whirl round the trees
warm as the sunshine
brings hums of bees
sprite as ice waters
can dance down creek
spring sings bird songs
life stirs from sleep
blossoms of the crocus
yellow purple white preens
appetize restful waking dreams
Sarah is today’s host for dVerse‘ Quadrille Monday. Sarah says:
A quadrille is a poem of 44 words, including the prompt word, or a variation of that prompt word. And the word I’ve chosen tonight is “swift”. Write a poem – and please link it back to this post. That increases our readership – and yours! Link your poem into Mr Linky Take flight among the poems of the dVerse poets – read, comment, enjoy!
Tao Talk 
I know that spring is coming, but we still have winter once again…
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Oh no, Bjorn 😦 It’s stayed sunny here and most days “warm” enough to walk to the mailbox without a coat. Hoping it clears for you soon.
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Lovely use of similes, Lisa, in your spring-fresh quadrille!
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Kim, thank you! Spring-fresh yes!
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Lovely Lisa! A poem of new beginnings 🙂💕
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Yes! I sure hope so! The Winter of Covid is coming to an end ❤
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I love the revamp of your blog! This poem has the scent of spring about it, the very essence. So hopeful.
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Sarah, thank you on both counts. Your prompt pulled me into spring, thank you ❤
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This feels like a condensed sonnet to me, Lisa, full of the freshness of spring! I love the rhyme scheme and the lightness of it 🙂
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Many thanks, Ingrid, I tried to keep it light to go along with the sunshine and the swifts 🙂
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Spring feels so close I can practically taste it. I do like the image of currents at the start of your quadrille, it made me think of the movement in murmurations of sparrows, the way they move across the sky in waves and ripples.
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Many thanks, Carol. Glad it made you think of them.
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Perfection! So lovely! And the photo!!! Wow together! 🙂
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Thank you, Na’ama! 🙂
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🙂
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A lovely poem of spring. And I love the flowers on your page, too.
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Thank you, Merril, glad you do!
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hurry up spring you just took a step towards it thank you
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Rog, happy to oblige. Thank you.
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Your poem ,as beautiful as the flowers.
Happy Monday
Much💜love
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Gillena thank you! Can’t wait til they are here.
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Beautifully written! I look forward to the warm sunshine bringing hums of bees🙂
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Thank you. If it keeps on warming up here it won’t be long.
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We didn’t really get any snow this winter, but it has rained constantly. Some sun to dry everything up would be great.
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A joyous Spring poem. We’re enjoying some Spring-like weather, but fearing Winter may have one last blast in store for us.
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Glad you enjoyed the poem, Beverly, and I hope Winter changes its mind for your area.
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We’re still looking forward to the warmer weather up here, so I’m very grateful for your appetizing preview here, Lisa. And the New blogblooms are exquisite. Thanks!
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Spring can’t come swiftly enough!
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What’s it like your way?
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sunny & 70 today, 75 tomorrow, then back to the 50s and rain, so I guess you could say our spring is here
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Sunny and 70! Yippee! Hey I wanted to give you an update on that heron pic I want to make a collage out of. Now that I have a new (it’s an old one my younger son had laying around) printer and scanner I was able to print out a greyscale image of it 🙂
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Oh, good!
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this is such a joyful melodic pleasurable embrace, love it!
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Kate, thanks much, glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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totally, like a breath of fresh air thanks Lisa!
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spring sings bird songs
life stirs from sleep
Beautiful and the harp music is gorgeous!
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Thank you, Dwight. I love Loreena’s music and singing, even though she doesn’t sing in this one.
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You are welcome. The harp is such a unique instrument!
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Lovely poem. Let’s hope spring comes early and stays awhile
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YES! And… I got great news today. Anyone over 50 can get the vaccine in MI starting 3/22, so by summer I will be a free bird!
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This is NICE. I like how you use sprite and appetize.
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Thank you very much. I tried to keep the verbs on the left and the “ee”s on the right 🙂
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wow, this is so good, Lisa… and those long e’s of yours… just lovely.
-David
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Many thanks, David. I enjoyed putting it together.
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Your blog and poem have a fresh appeal…spring is in the air, Lisa!
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There’s nothing like crocus in snow to breathe fresh air into things 🙂
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Lovely Lisa! A poem of new beginnings ☺️💕
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I liked the cheerful rhythm of this.
The crisp of coolness with bright colors poking through.
It makes me excited for the flowers to come.
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Thanks much, Ali. I’m looking forward to them as well.
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A beautiful spring vista!
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Thanks!
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You’re welcome 😊
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What a contrast that picture is…
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Isn’t it amazing that the flowers can push through the snow and bloom? An everyday miracle 🙂
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Yes it is…that picture says a lot on it’s own.
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That’s lovely. I feel the emergence of spring.
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I’m glad you do, GiN, thank you.
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I love a delightful spring poem, and yours is just lovely Lisa!
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Thanks much, Linda 🙂
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You’re welcome.
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A wonderful invocation for spring.
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Thanks, Alexandra! I know things are warmer over your way aren’t they? I bet you get crocus there before we do.
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Oh, they got warm, and now they’re cold again. We had some snow, which we’ll keep getting through April. Spring requires blind optimism in Chicago.
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Same here with the cold. Sure hope snow doesn’t continue through April 😦
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I can feel the magic of spring rearing it’s head. It does seem to happen all at once! 🌼🌻🌺🌹🌼
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🙂
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“Life stirs from sleep”. I like the circular rhythm to your words. (K)
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Thanks, K.
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