Rain pours down at the close of the day
Thunder rolls
The storm blows through
Earth is refreshed
Lilacs are blooming…
So close I can smell their fragrance
floating through my screen door.
I drink in Spring’s goodness
at the close of the day.
Photo: Dwight L. Roth
Quadrille Monday at d’Verse and De Jackson asked us to use the word close or a form of it in our poem of exactly 44 words.
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Roth Poetry 
Thanks for bringing those sweet sweet fragrances of spring to me! I could breathe in this poem over and over again.
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Thank You Victoria. I do love the sweetness of spring and lilacs really bring it on. I am so glad you enjoyed it!
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Lilacs already?! How perfectly lovely and your use of “close” floated effortlessly too 🙂
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Thank you! We are a few latitudes below you. Today was beautiful 82 F. We love it!
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I can’t wait to smell lilacs again!
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They are great!
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You’re lucky to have those lilacs. Lovely imagery.
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Thank you! This year they have really come out!
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I like the thought of drinking in spring’s goodness.
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Thanks Frank… more than one way to drink!! :>)
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I like that you closed at the beginning. And lilacs! Heavenly! We are still at forsythia daffodil and hyacinth here…
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Thank you! They are wonderful when in bloom!
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Now I miss my lilacs from my old house… spring is so not the same without them!
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It took a couple of years to get this one growing and established. They are beautiful.
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Mine was massive. I bought the house I grew up in and the lilacs were planted by my father years before… So lovely
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How beautiful Dwight. I am absorbed in the moment of your poem
Thanks for dropping by to read mine
Much💗love
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Thank you Gillena! I am sure you have some magnificent flowers in Trinidad!
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I love lilacs. We have streets where every yard has large lilac trees here in Ennis. The deer have trimmed the bottoms of them giving them a mushroom shape. The fragrance driving down those streets is almost overpowering. But, not yet. We still have snow on the ground. Gotta wait a coupe months. Thanks for the preview, Dwight.
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Sounds like a wonderful experience! Your spring is on the way!
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Beautiful
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Thank you very much!
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A beautiful poem Dwight and what blessing to smell lilacs! We’ll have to wait a little longer before they flower here and I’m really looking forward to their scent and all the butterflies.
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Thank you Xenia! Spring is coming out all around us! The warm temperatures are wonderful.
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Oh, I can practically breathe in this scent. Thank you!
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Thank you… take a deep breathe!
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Drinking in the smell of blooming lilacs sounds like a delight. Thanks for sharing.
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It is wonderful! Thank you so much!
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What a wonderful close of the day… spring is coming after all.
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Thank you Bjorn! Can you smell the lilacs? :>)
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Lilacs are not here until June… still just a few daffodils
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That is a good start!
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Today was one of the first glimpses of spring! My lilacs are budding, soon to bloom.
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Sounds wonderful!
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I so love the smell of lilacs. Spring, bring it on.
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Yes!
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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A wonderfully light and airy poem. Very refreshing (especially since I read your more recent poem first, which was very well done, but very heavy).
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Thank you so much for reading both! This one is my inspiration!
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Just beautiful! For me, there is absolutely nothing as refreshing as a summer or spring storm. AND the beautiful wisk me away scent of lilacs. And you’ve reminded me, sadly, my guess is we will be unable to go to the Harvard Arboretum this May to see and inhale their wonderful lilac lane. How sad. It would require a ride on the T (nope, not doing that). I shall have to read your poem again to experience it!
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Yes, yes, yes, to lilacs! Ours are just beginning to bud.
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Thank you! I am really glad you enjoyed the beauty of the lilacs.
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The beauty of lilacs never gets old. Seeing yours really gave me a lift.
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I am so glad you enjoyed them.
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