That brilliant burst of spring
As an unsullied year begins on a new stave
Spring is a cavorting capriccio of trilling birdsong
With tangy elusive air which wafts amiably
Amidst freshly sprung hyacinths and daisies
The unkempt gardens are somewhat over canopied with swaying snow drops
And the delicate magnolias bear abundant armfuls of blossom

Languidly, spring drifts into the hazy waltz of summer
The humid air hangs dense
blue skied brilliance enraptures
the silent, unmoving breeze
A distant horizon shimmers
And the tyrannous sun floats higher
in the cloud absent sky

The listless trance of summer gone
Now an overture to winter
Staccatoed raindrops plummet onto the frosted pane
The metronomic falling of fiery leaves from the cracked bows of an oak
The occasional thump as a shining treasure strikes the dew soaked grass
Autumn is only a short harmonious interlude
Before the bitter months seize control

Winter begins as a sharp bite in the balmy autumn breeze
A tremolo of thunder
as the yellow crack is consumed
By the ever present charcoal smear of sky
The howling wind accompanies a snowy silence
crisp white sheets smother the ground
And the snow enveloped trees take a deep bow