Ode to Spring Cleaning

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 Ode to Spring Cleaning


Oh, I so enjoy the entry of spring

With its time to awake and be clean again.

So, I construe this glorious list,

Bequeathed to those who might enlist:


Gather the twigs.

Stack winter's limbs

Beside the pit

Where firelight begins.

Take the rake,

Groom the yard.

Remove the dead snake.

Scrape off the chard

From last year's grill.

Flip the compost in its bed

Pile beneath the daffodils.

Where the stone path led

To the wildflower meadow.

Replant the lavender.

Fertilize the shadows

For ferns and coriander.

Along the grassiest part of the brook,

Move the gnome beneath the Gum.

Put him at the old root's gnarly nook.

Turn his face into the sun.

Rake away the decaying leaves

From December's melting pond.

Do not disturb the frog, please.

Turn the fountain on.

Fill to full the feeders.

Strew corn out for the deer.

Dump three packs in the seeders

Sprinkle wildflowers everywhere.

Rake the acorns into small piles.

Rake up all the stones and sticks.

Stack them in piles for bonfires.

Sit chairs out for guests with kids.

Dump all the dead plant sod pods

Into the raised garden box.

Down both sides of the driveway run off,

Plant a second row of phlox.

Retie the rose bush to the lattice

So, its petals do not droop.

Take the porch swing from the attic.

Hang it near the front porch stoop.

Unfurl and hang the fresh Spring flag.

 Clip the lavender lilac tree.

Bundle the limbs with a damp gingham rag

So, the fragrance can blow free.

Brush the cushions. Feed the cat.

Put Momma's rocker on the porch.

Be sure to sweep the Welcome mat.

Make homemade lemonade, of course.

Then put up your feet, let down your hair.

Read poetry. Call your friends.

Say, "Come on Over, Pull up a chair."

And pray springtime never ends.



~P.S. Colley ~

April 2025

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  1. PS ColleyApril 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM

    When you are a poet but have a million other things to do.

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