Life is a Garden Party

Saturday, March 14, 2020

Spring Fresh


SPRING FRESH

Snow has disappeared.
Spring is in the air.
Robins seen zoom,
flowers soon bloom.
Rain pings.
It's spring!

Rain greens the grass
making it grow fast.
The air smells clean
when the grass greens.
Soon dandelions will be seen
adding to the spring-fresh scene.

Spring's fresh perfume
invites bees to zoom
when hidden flower bulbs stretch and yawn
and flowering trees light up the lawn
into a rainbow of delight
scenting the air at first light.

Is it the spring rains that makes the air smell spring fresh?
Or does flower's perfume contribute to the freshness?
When laundry is hung on the line,
how does it then spring-fresh mime?
Irregardless there's a magic about spring
that causes birds and humans to yearly sing.

Here's something we all know:
spring showers and rainbows,
returning songbirds and flowers,
flowering trees all holler -
spring is here!
We all cheer!
* * * * *

The smell of fresh laundry hung on the line
cannot be bottled even if tried.
If fabric softeners try to mimic
they would be outlawed by this cynic
for fabric softener causes me
to become weak in the knees,
red in the face, lose my voice.
As said "outlawed," if my choice.

Become a participant in the "go green" theme:
a scent-free, environmentally friendly scene.
Everyone will be better off for it
when chemicals you can eliminate.
Look for the "green" packaging
on unscented product packages.
It's a healthier way of living.
Incorporate the "go green" adage.

Eliminating man-made scents
is healthier and makes a lot of sense.
Buying organic also makes sense.
Growing your own will save you cents.
What's more pleasant than tomato plant's scent?
You might plant a herb garden of scents
then watch the bees work in the fragrance.
Just use your God-given common sense.

Pay attention to what I say;
listen closely to my words.
Do not let them out of your sight,
keep them within your heart;
for they are life to those who find them
and health to the whole body.
Proverbs 4:20-22


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