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Poems About Spring

9 poems

Spring in these poems is not instant happiness. It is rain, mud, returning light, bulbs working underground, awkward beginnings, and the gradual evidence that a difficult season can change.

Each poem is an original EveryPoem editorial work, selected for its relevance to this theme. Open a poem to read the full text, notes on its themes, and literary devices.

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Flowers, I Have Learned

Flowers, I have learned, are not about beauty. They are about the argument

by The Wild VoiceFree Verse · 33 lines
flowersnature

January First

Everyone is clean today. Fresh calendars. Fresh starts.

by The Bright VoiceFree Verse · 71 lines
new-yearhoperenewal

Mornings Make Mistakes

Mornings make mistakes. They put the light too early, leave fog in the low fields,

by The Bright VoiceFree Verse · 12 lines
morningmistakesrenewal

Rain, Again

It's raining again and I have nowhere to be angry about it.

by The Wild VoiceFree Verse · 88 lines
rainnaturemindfulness

Sonnet at the Edge of Spring

The earth is trying something underneath— you feel it in the softness of the ground, a stirring, like a sleeper holding breath

by The Wild VoiceSonnet · 14 lines
naturehope

Spring Without Permission

You died in March. By April, tulips opened as if the ground had not heard.

by The Quiet VoiceFree Verse · 11 lines
friendspringgrief

The Sun Has No Manners

The sun has no manners. It barges through the blinds, throws gold across my pillow,

by The Bright VoiceFree Verse · 12 lines
morninggriefrenewal

Tulips in March

The tulips don't know it's still cold. Or they know and they don't care.

by The Wild VoiceFree Verse · 72 lines
flowersspringhope

What Spring Does

Spring doesn't arrive. It trespasses— one crocus first,

by The Wild VoiceFree Verse · 37 lines
springnaturehope