Spring Fling
Spring just wants to shove love in my face
Never mind my stumbling lack of keeping pace
The season does not care that I am not prepared
This poet’s heart and soul are never spared
Why must Aphrodite recruit me so clearly
While the leash of Himeros binds me so severely
Algean maidens, please take your anguish far from me
Neither of you, the mistress with whom I want to be
How long must I wait by the Helicon Spring
Where Mnemosyne's daughters cruelly taunt and sing
Do I praise too much, when I earnestly beseech
Is there no wisdom, spirit, power in my speech?
Dionysus, Cupid, spare me from your tempting dose
Your wines and potions, poison if Eros is not close
Let me twirl and romp with Terpsichore this season
This light and warmth must have purpose and reason!
This is the play for which I am ready made
Unless, perhaps, I am unworthy of my trade?
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Theo J. van Joolen©2014
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Part II of III
Never mind my stumbling lack of keeping pace
The season does not care that I am not prepared
This poet’s heart and soul are never spared
Why must Aphrodite recruit me so clearly
While the leash of Himeros binds me so severely
Algean maidens, please take your anguish far from me
Neither of you, the mistress with whom I want to be
How long must I wait by the Helicon Spring
Where Mnemosyne's daughters cruelly taunt and sing
Do I praise too much, when I earnestly beseech
Is there no wisdom, spirit, power in my speech?
Dionysus, Cupid, spare me from your tempting dose
Your wines and potions, poison if Eros is not close
Let me twirl and romp with Terpsichore this season
This light and warmth must have purpose and reason!
This is the play for which I am ready made
Unless, perhaps, I am unworthy of my trade?
***
Theo J. van Joolen©2014
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Part II of III