Margaret Simon of Louisiana is our host today for Day 14 of #VerseLove, inspiring us to use a borrowed line from a poem to inspire a new one. You can read her full prompt and the poems of others here. For Margaret’s prompt, she chose a favorite Billy Collins poem entitled Today and challenges us to use the line “If ever there were a spring day so perfect….” I’m letting that line be my title today for this borrowed line poem. With a huge thanks and a salute to Margaret Simon ~ and to Billy Collins.
If Ever There Were a Spring Day So Perfect
sun shining brightly would melt winter’s curse
planes would trail banners of poems and verse
flowers would smile pinkly, swaying in dance
groundhogs would high-five their weather-called chance
jasmine would fragrance porch swing breeze
beckoning readers to carpe this diem seize
sun-brewed sweet tea would pour extra-freely
buds would unfurl on branches green-treely
butterflies would turn pages of poetry books
hummingbirds sip nectar with grateful quick looks
napping hammocks would cradle a snooze
on a perfect spring day, we’ve got nothing to lose
wild bunnies would scamper, tumble, cavort
neighborhood club kids would hide in a fort
cows in the meadow would slumber unflied
folks would seek seashells on shores at low tide
woodpecker bellies would hammer with laughter
and the whole springtime world would live happy hereafter
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