Each Spring Beckons Me Out the Door

A fuzzy pink sweater adorns the cherry tree
and all the ladies, half my age, are smiling at me.

Or so it seems –
maybe they’re just smiling near me.
It’s hard to see with such watery eyes,
as if I’m looking through melting ice.

Each spring beckons me out the door,
but I’m moving slower than the year before
and can’t keep up as the ladies walk past.
When did these women get so fast?

Luvgood Carp, Editor-in-Chief
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  1. Liz H-H's avatar Liz H-H says:
    April 12, 2025 at 10:17 am

    This is kinda sweet! I say, assume the smiles and smile right back!

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    1. luvgoodcarp's avatar luvgoodcarp says:
      April 14, 2025 at 6:40 am

      Haha. I like that approach.

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  2. JosieHolford's avatar JosieHolford says:
    April 13, 2025 at 8:17 pm

    The Cherry Tree Is Hot

    Loveliest of trees

    The cherry tree’s in its pink spring fling,
    while I wear beige and ting-a-ling-a-ling.
    A girl in crop-top joy walks by—
    I try to smile. I pull a thigh.

    Silly girl – all open top in freezing rain and she will cop it.

    I laugh, or maybe it’s just the breeze.
    Either way, I grunt like old floorboards and sneeze.
    Ah, spring, no more sentimental shit
    These day I just go out – enjoy it..

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    1. luvgoodcarp's avatar luvgoodcarp says:
      April 15, 2025 at 6:18 am

      Haha. Well done, Josie.

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  3. Priti's avatar Priti says:
    April 15, 2025 at 11:28 am

    Ha ha 😂😂 let them go fast but you enjoy looking at them 😄. Beautiful poem 💖

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    1. luvgoodcarp's avatar luvgoodcarp says:
      April 16, 2025 at 6:22 am

      Thanks, Priti.

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  4. Geoff Stamper's avatar Geoff Stamper says:
    April 21, 2025 at 7:12 pm

    The women weren’t fast enough when I was young. Now they are too fast when I am old.

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