March Wind

Posted on March 18, 2015 by https://vivinfrance.wordpress.com

Grasses flatten,
ripple and wave
become a slave
before it.

Laundry flaps
with loud snaps
like whips
before it.

Trees creak
boughs break
tiles fall
from the wall
before it.

petals spoil
flowers toil
uproot from soil
before it.

Too heavy to push
too strong to rush
fresh and clean
everything leans
before it.

Guest poster Kathleen Everett at dVerse Poets’ Pub gives us the subject of March wind for this week’s Poetics.   I’m still in rhyming mood after a week of rhyming for Phoenix Rising, hence today’s offering.

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19 Responses to March Wind

  1. Sanaa says:
    March 19, 2015 at 22:21

    Hello there,

    Your poetry is so fresh and inspiring! Truly remarkable!

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  2. Cecilia Mary Gunther says:
    March 19, 2015 at 14:12

    oh i DO like this one.. and so well timed as very soon our spring winds will begin.. c

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  3. Desmond, Anthony (@iamEPanthony) says:
    March 19, 2015 at 05:51

    great rhyme… def can hear all the inspiring sounds and see all the visuals wind can bring about

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  4. kanzensakura says:
    March 19, 2015 at 01:19

    I could feel and hear and smell the wind in this. The repetitive line is great. I remember sheets on the line on a windy day how they billowed and flapped and snapped. Good memory. And you don’t name it but though invisible, you show it to us in all the actions. Great!

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  5. Jennifer Wagner says:
    March 19, 2015 at 00:28

    Oh, the power of the wind! True and well told.

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  6. Hannah Gosselin says:
    March 18, 2015 at 21:30

    Those winds are inspiring…I love what you’ve whipped up from the gust!

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  7. Linda Kruschke says:
    March 18, 2015 at 20:34

    We had a lot of those trees creaking and boughs breaking this past weekend at our house. Scared my little dog half to death and made a mess of the neighborhood. Nice illustration of the power of the wind. Peace, Linda

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  8. restlessjo says:
    March 18, 2015 at 17:00

    Oh, those falling tiles! (and sagging fences 😦 ) But I do like the snap of laundry, Viv 🙂

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  9. Grace says:
    March 18, 2015 at 15:33

    Love the sounds and rhyming verses ~ Everything leans before the wind ~ Thanks for joining in ~

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  10. billgncs says:
    March 18, 2015 at 15:28

    you have captured the march winds well – I know cyclists cringe… before it. 🙂

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  11. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) says:
    March 18, 2015 at 15:24

    I foremost that you have distanced yourself from mentioning the wind.. you increase your awareness of all the facets of the wind by treating it as what it is, rather than its name… wonderful

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  12. The Course of Our Seasons says:
    March 18, 2015 at 15:12

    I like the rhythm and rhyming – the laundry flapping in the breeze brings back memories – I miss having a clothesline! Thanks for sharing this with us!

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    • https://vivinfrance.wordpress.com says:
      March 18, 2015 at 19:34

      We’re not allowed a line here, but dry the laundry out on the patio on 2 wire racks when the weather permits. It’s not quite as good as a line, but at least the clothes are in the fresh air. My green instincts won’t let me use an electric drier

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  13. brian miller says:
    March 18, 2015 at 14:35

    everything must bow before the wind…
    it can be pretty awesome in its destructive force when it really gets going….
    you capture the wind well…

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  14. Mary says:
    March 18, 2015 at 12:18

    I especially like the laundry flapping and slapping. It brings back memories from my childhood days when my other used to hang out clothes!

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  15. claudia says:
    March 18, 2015 at 12:14

    the march wind feels like a big broom sometimes… making the world fresh and clean and ready for spring and all the flowers to bud soon… smiles… we had some nasty march winds over here lately…

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  16. MarinaSofia says:
    March 18, 2015 at 12:07

    I like your rhyming – it fits with the vigorous, snappy nature of the wind. And the rhymes are not too perfect and pretty either, gives it a bit of an edge!

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