Below brisk grey skies, the landscape folded
in on itself, exhausted from the iron rod
of a long dark winter. One April morning,
I awoke to the whisper and whistle of spring:
tentative promises opened in snowdrops
bowing and pearled with dewdrops,
fanfared in sunshine and a blaze of blossom,
intent on sparkling and banishing the gloom.
Kim M. Russell, 8th April 2020
My response to Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #14: Let’s use Pathetic Fallacy, shall we?
Sanaa welcomes us to another round of Weekly Scribblings and pathetic fallacy, a kind of personification that gives human emotions to inanimate objects of nature, particularly weather, and gives us examples from Rilke, Keats, Shakespeare and Wordsworth.
Our challenge is to use the pathetic fallacy in poetry and prose, addressing what’s stirring inside us and remembering to attach the natural phenomenon to the feeling, the tone, or mood of the character, speaker or setting.
writing in north norfolk 
Kim this is beautiful I love “the landscape folded in on itself” and “tentative promises opened in snowdrops”
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Thank you, Marja!
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In such times, the hint of spring is a refreshing treat.
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This is absolutely stunning, Kim! 💝 I love; “tentative promises opened in snowdrops,” and the title in itself is brilliant. Thank you so much for writing to the prompt. 😍😍
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Thank you so much, Sanaa for your comments and for the prompt. 🙂
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I am so ready for the brighter days of spring, even though I can only immerse myself in them when sitting on my deck or walking my dog.
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They’ve already arrived here, and I’m grateful for blue skies and green buds. It will be Spring with a capital P when the cherry tree blossoms.
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You nailed it, KMR. Yikes, this is IT!!
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Cheers Ron!
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As a desert dweller, I’m well acquainted with exhausted landscapes. But even they have something to teach me, and so I listen.
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I’ve never even been to a desert and can’t imagine what it’s like to live in one. Keep listening. 🙂
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I love the positive determination in your words! And my favorite line – “pearled with dewdrops.”
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Thank you, Hazel.
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Luv the intention of those snowdrop blossoms
Happy Wednesday
Much💝love
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Thank you, Gillena. Happy Thursday!
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I like the personification of the sun’s Ray’s aka “sunshine” being “intent on sparkling.” A bright side to the dreariness before.
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Thanks Jim!
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A beautiful response to the prompt.
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🙂
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Stellar use of pathetic fallacy …. loved this.
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Thank you so much, Helen!
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“the iron rod
of a long dark winter” – This sounds so familiar. You give hope of spring (right when snow is predicted)
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Thank you, Joel!
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