Winter is the time of the year when many people find it difficult to cope. Depression is common during these dark days. Today I saw my daffodils pushing through the mulch in my flower bed. Although it is the middle of winter, it is a reminder for all of us that winter is always follow by spring. I wrote the following Sonnet to say that this can be true on a personal level as well.
There in the sunshine pushing through cold ground;
Shoots of green daffodils, reaching for light;
Hidden strength revealed // energetic might;
The middle of winter // they can’t stay down!
Cold weather will come; chilling snow will fall.
Flowers still grow in the darkest of days;
As the light returns to shine through the haze;
Green shoots arising standing proud and tall.
It’s important to recall // in darkest night;
When life turns cruel and depression rises;
Deep inside us // we reach up for the light.
Springtime always follow winter’s dark night.
We will rise // and push through with all our might;
Renewing our strength we bask in the light!
Photos: Dwight L. Roth
I have gone back and revised this Sonnet to add to Jilly’s d’verse challenge to use enjambment in our poems. The use of punctuation increased readability and allows the reader to be able to know what the writer intended.
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Awww! 🙂 Hello daffodils! I used to get really bummed out in winter. I solved it by moving to Los Angeles lol. However, as you said, sometimes I still encounter winter within my own self during tough times, so I really love this sonnet.
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Thank you so much for your comment. Winter dark days are difficult on most of us. Seeing flowers poking through does help!
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Your writing is always a delight. So vi!sionary. I always enjoy reading you!
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I really appreciate your kind words. We must look ahead expecting the best even in the worst of times!
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So important to remember as we face challenges that “Springtime always follow winter’s dark night.” Thank you for the beautiful word pictures of eternal hope! ❤
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Thank you Jan! I appreciate your affirmation. Yes we must always have hope in a positive future!
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Dwight, I love this line of your beautiful Sonnet:
” There in the sunshine pushing through cold ground “.
Wonderful description of the daffodils and the joy they bring. I was also looking in astonishment how far the daffodils and other bulbs have come already. Poor things if February turns cold.
Miriam
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I know that cold as it is -11 C here right now. I specially like the sonnet’s hope for the new season to bring light:
When life turns cruel and depression rises;
Deep inside us // we reach up for the light.
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Thank you Grace for you comments. It is suppose to go down into the teens F tonight! I am ready for spring!
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Too early here to even hope for anything green pushing through… at least another two months I think… but I do love the hope and the resilience of the daffodils.
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Thank you. They really are amazing.
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Ah, the winter of the soul. This is nicely done, Dwight! May your flowers be “… a host beside the lake, beneath the trees…”
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Thank you Jilly! I am looking forward to spring time!
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We’re just about to enter into autumn, well in a few months time. I don’t think the brinjals are going to deliver fruit in time as I was late planting them. Lovely rendering of your season.
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It is hard for me to imagine the seasons reversed! I am looking forward to spring. We are south just far enough to have an early spring. Don’t think I have ever heard of a brinjal!? Thanks for sharing!
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some call it egg-fruit or aubergine.
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Interesting! Sounds good!
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Good observation: “Deep inside us // we reach up for the light.”
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Thanks Frank!
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