spring

Whiteout

March 21, 2023May 28, 2023 Sarah W

awaiting spring’s bite
secrets buried out of sight
winter’s coat fits tight

Ronovan Writes, Haiku Challenge #454 – berries and winter.

Author’s Note: I have used the homophone “bury” instead of berry/berries.

Free Verse, Poetry by Sarah

Breaking

November 12, 2018November 12, 2018 Sarah W

Trees shake off the snow,
drawing fine lines
along the ground and
cinching their trunks.

First buds break dirt,
sleepily pushing skyward.
Bird-song chimes in their
signs of spring

junking winter’s child

The Sunday Whirl, Wordle 377

Cinquain, Poetry by Sarah, Stories by Sarah

March 11, 2018 Sarah W

Prose Challenge – Write a story in no more than 100 words that includes the following words: spring, blossom, bud, nature, bloom

She smiled and felt relieved, as she closed the door behind her, suitcase in hand. He had stamped on her budding dreams for the last time. His controlling nature meant he was never going to allow her to blossom into the person she knew she deserved to be.

She recalled the first two lines of William Shakespeare’s Richard III, a favourite of hers from literature class, back in college: “Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun.”

Yes, she thought. But first there has to be a Spring.

And it was her time to bloom…

Poetry Challenge– Write a poem in no more than 10 lines that includes the same words in the list above.

verdure
dainty blossoms
budding, sprouting, blooming
nature’s vivid colour palette
springtime

Prompt: Sammi Scribbles, Weekend Writing Prompt #45 – Spring