Hopelessly in Love with Spring

Posted on 2023-03-20 by Bartholomew Barker

“To be interested in the changing seasons is … a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.” ~ George Santayana

Spring knocked on my door this morning,
all dressed in pink, babbling about the daffodils.

She’d cut her hair short over the winter.
Still pale as a snowdrift, we collected mushrooms,

without our jackets and I felt like a blossom,
opening to the warming sun, wet with naiveté.

We slept windows open, so I’m sure my neighbors heard
but we didn’t care since the trees were doing it too.

I can’t help but fall in love again, like I do every year,
even though I know she’ll be leaving soon,

all too soon.

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About Bartholomew Barker

Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, a collection of poets in the Triangle region of North Carolina where he has hosted a monthly feedback workshop for more than decade. His first poetry collection, Wednesday Night Regular, written in and about strip clubs, was published in 2013. His second, Milkshakes and Chilidogs, a chapbook of food inspired poetry was served in 2017. He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2021. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he lives and writes poetry.
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19 Responses to Hopelessly in Love with Spring

  1. Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris's avatar Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris says:
    2023-03-20 at 17:49

    Beautifully written Bartholomew! 😊

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  2. JeanMarie's avatar JeanMarie says:
    2023-03-20 at 17:55

    now that is how you write romance

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  3. r.Douglas's avatar r.Douglas says:
    2023-03-20 at 18:07

    A jaunty pop up poem. With a vivid vernal bounciness. Green shoots indeed. Enjoyed much.

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  4. jsimpsonpoet's avatar jsimpsonpoet says:
    2023-03-20 at 19:33

    So sweeeet.

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  5. Cassa Bassa's avatar Cassa Bassa says:
    2023-03-20 at 22:35

    I love the metaphors. 💚

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  6. luisa zambrotta's avatar luisa zambrotta says:
    2023-03-21 at 07:07

    Beautiful!
    Happy first day of Spring! ❤️🌸

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  7. Dawn Pisturino's avatar Dawn Pisturino says:
    2023-03-21 at 11:48

    Beautifully expressed!

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