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This year, I'm muddling through.

Some poems if I may - 1. Chapter 1

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April, you are my favorite;

don't tell the other months.

Your piles of white cumulus clouds,

deepened by grey trimmings,

make new green sway with bated breath

beneath portentous skies,

packed dense with a glorious storm.

Capricious, rebellious,

you're the mediator between

torpor and heat languor.

I declare this here, loud and clear,

this year it's only you.

 

2.

Sometimes we are multicolored facets,

parts of a whole,

that only becomes dull in the absence of light.

 

3.

If I use my voice,

the others find many words starting with un-:

uncouth, unbecoming, uncalled for, unpleasant, unfitting, untimely,

which is why I usually stay silent.

Until I break. Who am I?

 

4.

The thing only wants

praise, never criticize it,

or it lashes out.

 

Better walk away,

or it explodes and acid

words drip down your face.

 

There's no common ground,

a closed door means happiness

and a new start. Live!

 

5.

One foot before the other, slowly, no skipping, never run even though you need to hurry, want to hurry, spread your wings, wait no wings, ergo no flying, send your mind ahead instead.

Thank you, for reading my poems.
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April is a glorious month full majestic storms and the miracles of new life. I loved these lines especially.

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Capricious, rebellious,

you're the mediator between

torpor and heat languor.

   The riddle is quite challenging.  Riddles have always been a problem for me, so I will await the comments of others to enjoy the fun.  They all are great poems that bring enjoyment to me.

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I know what you mean. For some a single word of encouragement, or an open arm of understanding, is much too much to ask for. For them, coldness is first and foremost, despite how others treat them with warm, unflagging encouragement. 

Hugs. No one should be treated like that

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I liked your tribute to April very much. This year, she has been alternately frowning and exuberant. I thought your poem about facets losing their glow without light to be most apt. The riddle in the third poem is excellent. Number four is also enigmatic at first, but that made me reread it. How I wish some students could send their minds ahead as they worked on their proof problems!  Thanks for all of these. 

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8 hours ago, Dan South said:

Uncharted. Unchanging. Unbreakable. Unifying.  Spring. Thank you.

Love it! This is a great solution. :heart:

 

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17 hours ago, AC Benus said:

I know what you mean.

You know me, there's never one meaning to my riddles/poems, but I like your conclusion.

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15 hours ago, Parker Owens said:

How I wish some students could send their minds ahead as they worked on their proof problems!  

:), me too.

Thank you, for your kind words, Parker.

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Your love poem to April had me nodding, as did the facet one. That one was truly beautiful. #4 brought to mind "They know not what they do" but I guess I really don't believe it. "Acid words"... how many times are we left wondering why some need only adulation, their arrogance always ready to attack. It's sad, but your right about the 'closed door'. #5 spoke of eagerness and excitement to me... to run like a kid, but the urge needs tempered because of age. :)  I loved it. Even full of cold meds, I enjoyed these, Adi. :hug:  

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17 hours ago, Headstall said:

I loved it. Even full of cold meds,

Well, now a cold got me too, I'm going to say more to your lovely comment, as soon as I can see straight again,. Get well, soon.

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Numbers three and four especially spoke to me.  I have known people who could explode at almost anything.  I have known others who sneeringly denigrate anything and anyone they disagree with.  All of them spoke to me, but those two spoke with distinctive clearness.

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