Alfresco, Sonnet from X10 Options

[Larry]

Alfresco

Cold winter’s dying present to the spring
is swallowed by a burgeon green. Arise
bright flowers, lift your heads; let colors sing
a silent song for bees and butterflies

to dance through golden dust. In tireless streams,
small candy-coated feet waltz powdered plane
of petaled floors. Now laden, each one deems
it’s time to rise on wings of diaphane.

Fly over bowers or to honeyed home
to share that springtime’s sustenance. Equate
with mother’s milk or manna in the comb.
Food for a queen and hatchlings she’ll create

to take her place at Gaia’s grand buffet
ere summer’s sizzle takes it all away.

[Psyche]

So beautiful, Larry!
I love the delicate yet powerful words you've used. It's such a wonderful experience to read your sonnets. Everything seems to come alive with your imagery, nature flowing gracefully towards Spring, changing colours and perpetual movement expressed in every line.

Putting "your best foot forward" in all your pieces is a wondrous treasure for us, your readers.

If I could learn a tiny bit from you, I'd consider myself satisfied.

I'm so glad that several great sonnet writers are present again in this forum. Cheers to Ron, from whom I haven't seen anything lately.

I eagerly await Merlin's new piece, if I haven't already missed it.

And Liz, please, when will you offer us your own fantastic work?

I'm sure I've missed out somebody... Snow and Thoth, both posting, a pleasure to read!

Cheers to all, Syl***
PD: Great word, 'diaphane', Larry. I stumbled a bit there, but looked it up and found it's taken from the French. It took me some time! One gets the impression that the line 'falls down' there, but on proper reading, it's marvellous!