The snow is now gone Stirring blue bird to wake In the warmth of a new dawn Tentative steps with a shake Casting off the heaviness of sleep Looking for what form day will take Her babies in the nest weep Announcing with shrill cry Their hunger for insects from the deep Blue bird will now fly Into the clear sky Spring cries out a throaty roar Stir and sing blue bird it’s time to soar
Today’s experimental poem is an Italian Madrigal poem with the rhyming pattern aba bcb cdc dd ee. A work to celebrate the onset of spring in the northern hemisphere.
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