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Spring Wind

 

 

Yesterday, stepping outside, the wind is blowing hard, the air is fresh—it feels like a March wind, spring's herald, though it is only February, and early February at that. 

 

It reminds me of being a kid after a long Chicago winter, snow gone, feeling that spring wind, thinking about baseball and riding bicycles and sitting on the grass in the park, back against a tree, sun on my face, the earth warm and dry, the earth spinning so fast I feel I have to hold on—all the things that I love so much.  

 

I don’t play baseball, I don’t ride bicycles, I don't sit on the grass. It makes me wonder—what do I do?  

 

 

 





Poetry by jim The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2026-02-06 at 13:59

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BiancaF01
Lovely.
2026-03-20


William Hughes The PoetBay support member heart!
I think that sometimes when we begin to ask ourselves questions like this, it's possibly a sign of an awakening, a desire to get back what we've lost. Or, perhaps to find other ways to get back that feeling of riding a bike downhill or experiencing the heat of the sun and the exhilaration of a windy day. Maybe we all spend too much time in our warm little boxes. What helps me taste again that sensory feeling of youth is when the neighbor kids come over and everything is new for them. Catching a grasshopper is like walking on the moon. Or as Woodworth put it, the child is father to the man...

Your writing is always thought provoking.
2026-02-07


D G Moody The PoetBay support member heart!
I think Allen said it Jim, and it sort of reminds me of William Duffy's poem about laying in a hammock - though you have certainly not lost........
2026-02-06


Griffonner The PoetBay support member heart!
Well, you write poetry for starters! :) I did enjoy this, Jim. There was a similarity, in your first stanza, with things my wife and I said at lunch, and the second, well, that created memories for me when I was a small child. Thank you for sharing. Blessings, Allen
2026-02-06