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PWB Peeps Open Thread: Poetry of Thomas [1]

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Date: 2026-04-17  

Spring Greeting

Poet: James Henry Thomas

Lo! the winter now is past;

Spring comes riding in at last,

With her healthful, balmy breeze,

Greeting birds and budding trees.



Attribution: FRPrince Apple tree blossoms

List! I hear her gay “Ha! ha!”

Ringing through the meadows far,

Getting everything in tune.

Budding trees for shade in June.

Attribution: PIERRE LECLERC / SHUTTERSTOCK https://www.travelawaits.com/ Angel Oak near Charleston, SC. The tree is estimated to be 400-500 years old.

She has tuned the atmosphere

With her season of the year;

Light and gracefully she steps.

Winning everything she helps.

Attribution: GrumpyOldGeek White-tailed Deer munching new growth at Beaver Brook

Winter tried to keep her ‘way.

Till the near approach of May;

But the sun’s hot rays forbade —

And have many glad hearts made.

Attribution: Judy Ulrich sunlight shining through a sassafras leaf that has turned orange

E’en the ground-hog has come out

Of his burrow with a shout,

For his shadow failed to show,

As it did six weeks ago.

Attribution: GrumpyOldGeek Groundhog

Gentle Spring, why lingered thou?

Thou delayed the farmers’ plow;

‘T is upon thee we depend

For a happy harvest end.

Attribution: Pixabay image free for use

Breathe thou now upon the earth,

And she will give gentle birth

To more smiling buds and flowers,

Making glad these hearts of ours.

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