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A Sense of Spring

Bruce Levine·March 20, 2022

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A Sense of Spring

written by: Bruce Levine

@brucelevine19

The spring sunshine lights the young leaves
With an iridescent glow
As the breeze rocks them gently
On branches newly come to life
After the winter hiatus of dormancy
Life’s abundance returns
As the grass turns greener and
Ready to grow
Squirrels and chipmunks play
In the spring warmth
A harbinger of summer delights
Of children splashing in pools and
Ocean waves
Climbing on swings and jungle gyms

The scent of jasmine fills the air
Compelling long walks
Lovers holding hands
People walking their dogs
Free of winter coats and hats and gloves
The aroma of spring flowers and fresh cut lawns
As the days move forward steadily
Growing ever longer
Evening sunsets taking on new hues
To invoke the romance of the season
Filled with new life and new love
Like a string quartet
In perfect harmony
Flowering in spring

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Bruce Levine

Bruce Levine is a Pushcart Prize poetry nominee, a Spillwords Press Awards winner, and a WestWard Quarterly featured writer. Over three hundred of his works are published on over twenty-five online journals including Ariel Chart, Literary Yard, 5-7-5 Haiku Journal: over seventy print anthologies including Tipton Poetry Journal, Poets’ Espresso Review, and WestWard Quarterly. He’s the author of the chapbook Sweet Dreams and is also a classical composer.

Lou Storey

A textbook example of nominative determinism, Lou Storey has always been a storyteller, a fact well illustrated in his art and in his writing. His careers have reflected that as well, first as a creator of idea-based exhibitions for museums, and later as a psychotherapist employing narrative therapies. His art and his writing share qualities of rich texture and detail, examining our capacity to be absurd while allowing a measure of forgiveness for our foibles. Storey and his husband Steve retired in 2021 and moved from New Jersey to Savannah Georgia. “We love everything about Savannah, it is like a city that looks like a park and thinks it’s a small town. Best of all, we can grow bananas in the backyard!”

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