SPRING HAS SPRUNG

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A Prayer in Spring

by Robert Frost

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Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today;

And give us not to think so far away

As the uncertain harvest; keep us here

All simply in the springing of the year.

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Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,

Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;

And make us happy in the happy bees,

The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.

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And make us happy in the darting bird

That suddenly above the bees is heard,

The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,

And off a blossom in mid air stands still.

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“If people did not love one another,

 I really don't see what use there would be

in having any spring.”

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Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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Here's a beautiful "video poem" by
Gary T. Czerwinski I found on YouTube.
Video poems are a unique, and fascinating, way
of presenting this ever-changing medium of art - 
poems no longer just written or verbal,
but more than that. A couple of
quotes seem appropriate:
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"Genuine poetry can communicate
before it is understood."
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T.S. Eliot
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"Poetry is an echo,
asking a shadow to dance."
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Robert Frost.
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BURIED TREASURE

by Clay Harrison

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 Beneath the snows of Winter,
Spring treasures can be found
In seeds that lie there sleeping
Below the frozen ground.
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While snow falls in the meadow,
The rose must get her rest.
Soon Spring will kiss his princess
And she must look her best.
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Sleeping beauty shall awaken
And yawn without a sound
As sprigs of buried treasure
Come bursting from the ground.
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All earth proclaims God's glory
When Spring is in the air.
Each bud fulfills a promise -
Each rose an unanswered prayer.
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Spring is a resurrection -
Winter's stone is rolled away
To reveal God's buried treasure
Each sun-kissed springtime day.

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Song of Solomon 2:11-12
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for behold, the winter is past;
the rain is over and gone.
 The flowers appear on the earth,
the time of singing has come,
and the voice of the turtledove
is heard in our land.

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THE ROAD

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"God made the world round

so we would never be able to see

too far down the road."

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Isak Dinesen

Danish Author (1885-1962)

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"The traveler that resolutely follows a rough

and winding path will sooner reach the end of

his journey than he that is always changing his

direction, and wastes the hour of daylight in

looking for smoother ground and

shorter passages.”

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Samuel Johnson

English Poet, Critic and Writer (1709-1784)

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The content in the video below is positive,

but some folks might find it a little over-optimistic,

and maybe too "new age'ish" for their taste.

Nonetheless, there's some terrific video of dolphins,

 and the message seems well-intentioned.

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“The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.”
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      J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
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DUST OF SNOW

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The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.

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Robert Frost