Welcome to Poetry Friday, this week hosted by Laura Shovan on her blog Here. Thank you for hosting, Laura!
This month I’m participating in Laura’s 11th February Poetry Project on Facebook, for the first time. So glad there was a spot left. I was a little nervous anticipating the first prompt to appear on the screen, but it’s been fun. It will keep me writing everyday, reading others’ work, and I know I will discover new ideas and poems.
Below are two poems about February, the first, a lovely one by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, born in 1860. I think it’s lovely.
THE BROOK IN FEBRUARY by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts A snowy path for squirrel and fox, It winds between the wintry firs. Snow-muffled are its iron rocks, And o'er its stillness nothing stirs. But low, bend low a listening ear! Beneath the mask of moveless white A babbling whisper you shall hear— Of birds and blossoms, leaves and light.
And, thinking that each month has something good to offer, I wrote this:
WELCOME FEBRUARY January was Glorious, though landscapes were Spartan, I love New Year parties and honoring Martin. But more good is coming. I'm already thinking about groundhogs, lace hearts and Abraham Lincoln. © Janice Scully
Happy February! Happy Groundhogs Day!