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Inexorable
“Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s
inexorable imperative.”--H.G. Wells.
Deep
into the Yukon,
within
the northern-most
forests,
in every
snow-choked
canyon,
burrow & cave,
beneath
crag & evergreen
spires,
Spring
is stabbing
into the icy
heart of winter--
and all
the spawn
of gestation
ready
themselves,
eager
to blossom
and be
born.
Glenn Buttkus
Posted over at dVerse Poets Pub
22 comments:
I liked the idea of stabbing winter's icy heart or warming it enough so that it melts.
Stab away ---- into that icy winter! We are ready for spring --- but alas, a blizzard is coming our way tomorrow --- winter's AHA!
I love this poem Glenn. It says so much..the stabbing of winter's heart, the want to be...wonderful quadrille.
This is the right time for the spring to bloom... a lovely poem, with of course the stabbing is so powerful
Winter is slow to leave below the crags here and I love the powerful image 'Spring
is stabbing into the icy heart of winter' evokes :o)
Glenn, this well-crafted line is perfection:
"Spring
is stabbing
into the icy
heart of winter--"
Unusual and very striking imagery of spring stabbing into the icy heart of winter... like it a lot!
I agree with all of the above. This is a masterfully-worded salute to Spring, Glenn. Thank you!
Makes me want to be there..in the last of the ice... it's a boiling 35c here!
Gorgeous!!❤️I adore this; "Spring is stabbing into the icy heart of winter."❤️
Great poem Glenn and also love the 'spring stabbing' line. Very powerful image.
I can't wait for spring to stab that ciy heart of winter Glenn ~ Can't wait for the blooming to finally arrive ~
Only you, Glenn, could picture spring stabbing into the icy heart of winter...excellent!
And April is the cruelest month...
Inexorable is an underused word, one I'd like to read more often. Your Quadrille is very apt considering the comments I've read this evening - most people seem to have snow! So yes, keep stabbing that icy heart of winter, Spring!
I like how this got us closer and closer to the main event. Nice job.
Such perfect descriptions and the crescendo of the poem so well expresses the nature of spring.
I wish spring would come and chase this blizzard that will roll in tomorrow. I always enjoy reading your words ;)
Like many I found the stabbing of winter by spring to be a wondrous image...the whole piece relly flowed beautifully for me...spectacular sir.
'Spring is stabbing into the icy heart of winter' is a powerful line. I like the way the poem zooms into the Yukon.
sMiLes..
Glenn..
as the
EPA
is more
and less
Decimated
by ignoRance
and little men
who wear golden
hAirs with Nature Deficit
Disorder all too fair.. i muSt
DancE and SinG.. the challenge
noW is to adapt
less
in Golden
Towers and
FloWer more
Than piLLs of soUr..;)
Excellent!
ZQ
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