Eruptions
- POEM from MERTON E. BARTELS –
Eruptions
Spring is the time signifying rebirth
Time for humans to shrink their girth
While raking leaves off Mother Earth
Bending and sweating and acquiring thirst
Soon we notice something in focus
Not very tall or wide, but like Hocus
Pocus, magic from below is crocus
Brings smiles daily to all of us
Tulips of Easter skyward arise
Of many colors is no surprise
Yellow and white evidently signify
With other colors a panorama nearby
Trees displays their colors to our sight
Rosebud show shades of pink, alright
Dogwood blossoms loom big and white
Forsythia is yellow in day or moonlight
As hairy vine poison ivy begins to grow
Clover white pedals not ready to show
Dandelions in fields cling ground low
Altogether, plants make our spirits glow
©2021, Merton E. Bartels