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In the Month of May

3/22/2016

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Look and you will find May babies everywhere:
Under a bush, under the porch, inside a den.
May urges magnificent, strong-withered beasts
To gallop through wide, rolling pastures.
Foals stand on stilt-like legs
And spread them wide to drink
Their mother’s milk or reach tender grass.


Trees don their leafy dresses of emerald
With birds’ nest crowns that tweet!
May sunshine spreads like warm butter
Over daisies and tulips,
Blue birds and bunnies,
Young and old hearts.
May is the Queen of Spring!


We celebrate my birthday with a beach walk.
Earthworms wriggle into the rich soil,
Lily of the Valley by my garden walk,
And a rebirth of wonder is felt
In our souls, renewing our spirits.
Earth shimmers with new lives,
Welcoming them in the month of May:


May, glorious and happy,
A month to make new memories
To last the whole year long!

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Clare link
3/22/2016 03:52:12 am

I know spring begins in March officially, but I agree it is really May around here. I love these lines: May urges magnificent, strong-withered beasts
To gallop through wide, rolling pastures.
Foals stand on stilt-like legs
And spread them wide to drink
Their mother’s milk or reach tender grass.

You write so descriptively about horses - you know them so well. You really should keep thinking about a children's book!
Clare

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lynne dorfman link
3/22/2016 04:19:52 am

Thanks, Clare. I would love, love, love to write a children's book! Rose and I have a manuscript at Tillbury House in Maine. We have been waiting to hear something for about four months and will probably hear something by June. I am hopeful, but I do need to start attending SCBWI events. Thanks for your encouragement. It means a lot to me!

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Diane Dougherty link
3/22/2016 03:53:27 am

I love May too! Lily of the Valley was my mother's favorite flower. It lined our walk and spilled down the bank between our house and the Gilhooley's next door. This is a lovely tribute to the Queen of Spring!
Thanks for sharing it, Lynne.

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Rose
3/22/2016 04:20:12 am

Ahhh...May flowers. They will soon be here! Your poem's descriptions heighten the anticipation.

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Amy Ludwig VanDerwater link
3/22/2016 04:44:19 am

Yesterday in Western New York, we had sun - snow - sun - snow - sun - snow. Your poem has me ready, so ready for that butter-spreading sunshine. I love hopeful poems...thank you! x

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Glenda Funk link
3/22/2016 09:56:41 am

I love May, mostly because it signals the end of the school year, and seniors get pretty restless.

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Tara Smith link
3/22/2016 03:14:35 pm

Just reading these lines makes me wish all the more for May:

And a rebirth of wonder is felt
In our souls, renewing our spirits.
Earth shimmers with new lives,
Welcoming them in the month of May:

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Shelly
3/22/2016 04:05:41 pm

Love your poem! Love the line..."May sunshine spreads like warm butter!"

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Cam link
4/2/2021 06:26:28 pm

Thanks for shharing this

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    Lynne loves to write in the early morning hours, especially in warm weather when she can sit outside on the patio.  After a walk with her three Welsh Corgis, her mind is cleared and her spirit is inspired by the choir of birds in nearby bushes and trrees. 

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