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    First Day

    by David Knape

    Buds ring
    and bulbs
    bring
    the first
    day of
    new Spring

    Hands rub
    and hoes grub
    spades
    break
    and backs
    ache

    Packets pop
    and hoses flop
    the urge
    to grovel
    can't
    stop

    When earth
    flirts with
    new birth
    glad gardeners
    smell of
    dirt work.


    © d.knape

    March 20, 2013
    More "Once Upon A Line" - Light verse and poetry by d.knape
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