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JOSIE'S POEMS
Spring Poems
By Josie Whitehead
See also: 'Ode to the Bluebells'
THE BRIDE NAMED SPRING
(An Elizabethan Ballad)
By Josie Whitehead
When cold winds blow across Earth’s face
And drenching rain pours with disgrace,
The frosted snow on hills doth make
The icing on your wedding cake.
Oh bride named Spring
Arise, away –
Tomorrow is your wedding day.
Listen how the bells are ringing!
The whole new life of Nature’s singing.
See features in the world’s new face –
A fresh demeanour, sweetness, grace.
Oh bride named Spring
Arise, away –
Tomorrow is your wedding day.
The sunshine, winter’s wind is chiding,
To claim new life that still is hiding,
So welcome forth the wedding guests:
Flowers, plants - chicks in their nests.
Oh bride named Spring
Do not delay -
Come, join us on your special day.
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Ballads have a long history in music, poetry, and literature. A ballad can be a slow, mournful love song—but it can also be a silly, light poem - or, as above, just a lovely poem with images to stir the mind, and perhaps your soul too. My advice is: tell a story or paint a picture in words with your writing, and bring in as many of the senses as you can. Add music to your words with the correct metre that you use. A little refrain between the verses adds so much to your ballad also. This, then, will bring your ballad/poem to life to your ballad/poem.. Josie