Spring Is A New Beginning
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joan walsh anglund
Spring is a new beginning...***
It is a season of young life...
of nesting birds
and crocuses.
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Yellow is its color...
Yellow is its color...
the warm yellow of the sun...
of the bright buttercup
and the daffodil.
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Then all the world is leafy-tipped and new.
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Then the earth is rich with seedlings.
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Then come delicious days
of hunting wild strawberries...
of picking violets and forget-me-nots...
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of sailing boats and dipping eggs
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and finding hidden bunnies.
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This is the season of the tadpole
and the duckling...
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of robins' eggs
cupped in a soft bed of straw...
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of calves
trying out their wobbly legs...
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and of the fawn's first brown-eyed look at spring.
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Then new life presses out from every growing thing...
fulfilling our trust,
renewing our faith
that this has always been,
that this will be again...
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Spring brings an end to winter
and a fresh beginning.
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It is a gentle farewell
to yesterday
and the birth of new hope.
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This wonderful little book autographed by the author, was a gift from a very sweet friend appropriately named Spring. I adore the message, as it rings true to my heart. I welcome the new beginning that spring brings, as I have come to a new resolution this spring...
I am not what happened to me, I am who I choose to become.
