april needs a cold shower
April is a flirt
if deep December is when england bleeds
groaning in the dark with a hot water bottle
and cursing the pulsing of life at her core
then the new shoots of February are when she does that load of dark laundry
with a shiteating grin that says good riddance
and april is when she ovulates
the creaking and knotting almost forgotten (almost)
in the glorious cat-like stretching
langurous
alert
limbering up
daring
ready
to want
to prowl
to play
to delight in the sweet froth of spring
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if midwinter is when she cocoons herself
in chunky knit sweaters and the warmth of sweet drinks in fat mugs
then april is when she sheds layers, lifts hems
until all that's left is an arch eyebrow
an invitation
to kill time
make bad decisions
or any decisions really
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if the cold, dead months drag long
and they do
they stretch and yawn like shadows
then is it any wonder april wants to run fingers of breeze through your hair
and sigh soft against your skin
tickling your calves with cool grass
kissing your shoulders with sunshine
teasing and delighting you
until you blush pink
and melt
under her flirting fingers
ready to love
until summer
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Thank you for reading!
Tbis is for Mike's Dollar Challenge for April, and Natasza's poetry challenge, both linked below.
Shout out also to Paul. He knows why.
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Brilliant and Beautiful written!!! Love it!!!!
So sorry I missed this, someone posted very late on the challenge, love the poem
Well done on the poetry challenge Honourable Mention 🤗✅. Playful personification of April🤣.
This was fun, funny, and terribly clever! I loved the lines, "an invitation to kill time make bad decisions or any decisions really" Well done, L.C.!
April is such a tease
April here is crazy-hot one day almost snowing next
Fun, flirty, and full of great lines and imagery! I think you’ll have yet another TS on your hands
This poem speaks to the senses, a great take on the topic of my favourite month!
Oooo, langurous is a new word for me. Loved your poem!
Ah, this made me long for a proper Spring rather than the biblical amount of rain here! I thought this was brill.
I love how you described April as a playful return to life, especially when you said “to delight in the sweet froth of spring”, this really made the whole poem feel alive and sensual. Thanks LC for sharing this beautiful piece, it honestly made me smile!😊
Beautiful rain the last few days after a lengthy dry spell. Verdant is the word you hear a lot in these parts of late.
Masterful, sensual poetry, LC! I love it!
You did that L.C.! Glorious writing, fun, flirty and on point! Well done! 💪🏾🌸
A really intriguing and masterful metaphor... Insightful! Great work, LC!
You've got a sharp metaphor going on there, LC. Coolest.
Wow. What an entry!! You have such a way with words! I love everything about this and how it evokes the imagination.
LOL! As soon as I saw the title I smirked then braced myself! thank you! also, this is some good poeming youve done! love the analogy and metaphor and you used that l word! very well writ!
Clever as ever! And I loved this line: -and april is when she ovulates the creaking and knotting almost forgotten (almost)- 👍🏼
Well-wrought! Here in the Midwestern U.S. bog, April claws your eyes with pollen. But when your nose is clear, her flowery perfume smells pretty damn good!