That line about hot breath steaming up Spring's clear windows is such a striking way to describe the sudden shift in atmosphere. It makes the changing of the seasons feel less like a date on a calendar and more like a theatrical, living confrontation right outside your front door.
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I never think of summer being insistent and powerful, but I guess she can be, when temperatures rise and the trees and flowers burgeon so rapidly.
ReplyDelete...I love summer, but I hate to see spring pass.
ReplyDeleteSpring is right, summer will wait a little longer.
ReplyDeleteFriday hug, Andreja!
You captured it! Wonderful.
ReplyDeleteOh my! You nailed it!
ReplyDeleteThat line about hot breath steaming up Spring's clear windows is such a striking way to describe the sudden shift in atmosphere. It makes the changing of the seasons feel less like a date on a calendar and more like a theatrical, living confrontation right outside your front door.
ReplyDeleteNice personification, but I can tell you that summer has certainly blown down the door here.
ReplyDeleteSuch an appropriate poem this year!
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