Writings in the Sand

Aprilly Thoughts

April is here. I had barely got my mind out of February and into March before Spring arrived and April showed up. It's been a calm April so far, but I always think of April as a windy month. Perhaps because I always put kites in the kids' Easter baskets and we always took them to the park to fly them. I was reminded of those excursions today when I stumbled upon this little poem in my portfolio.



The kite is heavier than air
So, one would not fault it
For lying on the ground
And refusing the sky

But when April boasts and blusters
And the air is full of gusty arguments
The trees wave their arms wildly and
The kite is goaded into a reply



Of course, once I had read it I remembered only the one reviewer who came upon it and rubbished it for various reasons. I felt the reviewer didn't understand the concept of quickly writing an eight line poem from a prompt on a daiy basis, as this was written for "EXPRESS IT IN EIGHT "  . A lot of my little poems there are roughly drafted. Nevertheless, harsh reviews stay with us much longer than lavish praise.

Still, it's April. Spring is here and there's time to write more bad poetry about it before Summer hits.