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- 05/02/2025
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Abhean's Verses - 5. April 29 to April 31
April 29
To Eros
Love, come away
and every care upon the grass discard
that we amongst the flowers may delight
to sport and play
while trading tokens of our shared regard
beneath a sunny sky so blue and bright
and dance a capriole
to make the spirit whole;
Sing, lyric bard,
of touch to make a stony heart take flight
or introverted older ones cajole –
men who seem scarred,
by grinding decades of relentless fight
within themselves, and mindful of the toll
from insight’s long delay
that turns their heads to grey.
Let me extol
Caresses from your hand that must excite
My beating heart to do just as you say
While your lips dole
Sweet kisses on my own I’ll long requite
against your frame wherever I might stray
upon your skin unmarred
To features soft and hard;
Spring days invite
our presence at a feast none overstay
where April lovers meet, auspicious-starred,
and so incite
sweet Eros in the acts we might assay
reclining in the flower speckled yard
and whisper comforts droll
defeating self-control.
April 30
Psalm
Now let us raise a psalm to spring,
a hymn of praise for rains that bring
the blossoms on the apple trees
and bright mergansers on the wing.
For breaking bud our melodies
re-echo on the morning breeze,
afloat through forest, field and fen
to lodge in any heart you please.
Our song can celebrate the wren,
the thrush and blackbird in the glen,
and warming earth in sun’s embrace
that sees the world reborn again.
Of winter’s silence there’s no trace,
as spring’s sweet anthem must replace
the moan of cold wind wuthering
with every greening sign of grace.
April 31
Coda
The last gasp
of such a foolish month
as April often turns out to be
with its on-again, off-again storms and sunshine
arrives not on the very first day
but on that fictitious
finale.
Once again, thanks for taking time to read and consider these. If any tickle your fancy enough to read aloud to yourself, I will be wreathed in smiles.
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