Pretty liars

Simple words on a false dawn

I asked the swaying daffodils
by whom they had been sent
I asked if spring their courier
they nodded in assent.

I asked the Apple blossom same
then snowdrops, bluebells too
they all said spring their courier
and that winter now was through.

So I took them at their floral word
believing all they said be true
but woke to find a world of white
"Oh what pretty liars you"

Author's Note

We have had a week of glorious sunshine then snowfall yesterday!

Reviews

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

This is the best spring poem I’ve ever read here ! Love love loved it so clever !

[Gee]

Hi Julie, what a lovely thing to to say. Thank you.
Hope you are well

[Brandon Houser]

Wasn't sure where this was going but I was smiling and quietly chuckling when it was finished. A pleasant way to start the day. Thank you.

[Gee]

Thank you Brandon

[Einstein Noodle]

sounds like my neck of the prairies, Gee. you poem is a delight in good ol' fashioned humor! i love it .. those heralds of Spring so wondrous .. especially those dafodils .. pushing through inches of the white stuff and shouting out their little lies :))))))))))) love it! be well my friend
E.

[Gee]

Thanks E.
Hope you are keeping well

[Einstein Noodle]

you too Gee! supposed to hit 70 degrees here today .. yesterday morning there was a new dusting of snow ... crazy but normal :)

[Gee]

Still cold here but at least the rain has ceased to fall:)

[Buddhistboy73]

A nice take on the English weather here....

Yes, it was 18 degrees and sunny yesterday and 10 degrees and rainy today....!

Pretty little liars indeed....;)

BB73

[Gee]

Thank you sir

[Vol]

Gee,
Sometimes I wonder if all beauty comes with thorns? I remember Barbara's smile like a silver moon as she came to me at the alter, we were inside the sun, but her moon set and she was gone... 42 years later, I'm still bleeding. Oh, what a pretty liar she was. Ha, imagine Caesar surrounded by his assassins, pretty liars, people he knew, some he loved... is that any different from how we search for love, or happiness? Surrounded by choices, none of them trustworthy until they are gone, I am gone, you are gone... The thing is, that is how it always works, so you'd think we'd quit feeling so bad when it does.
Vol

[Gee]

Hi Vol, hope all is good stateside and the orange baby is keeping you all entertained:)
Thanks for taking the time to read and comment, appreciated

[Vol]

Gee,
I have a feeling you are aware of that Irish curse... "May you live in interesting times." What I wouldn't give for some mundane and boring ones..."
Vol

[Lorry]

You can never trust that winter is finally over until your lying on a beach in another country Gee. I woke up to snow yesterday and today it looks like the Bahamas.
Mind you, it doesn't buddy well feel like the Bahamas!
Hope your family festivities went well and you get a calmer year ahead.

[Lisasview]

Hi Gee,
Searching through your poems to see if perhaps there might be one I have not read...but it appears I have read them all...
So...just a quick hello...
Lisa, still in Spain..dealing with a broken clavicle..

[Gee]

Hi Lisa, thank you. Apologies for the late reply. I hope your clavicle is now mended.

[TitaniumStar]

Haha. I love the playfulness of this poem. Nice job! I can really relate to it this time of year. We'll get patches of grass and walkable sidewalks, then bam. Another 12'-18' of snow. *smile cry face* One day the flowers won't lie to me.

[Gee]

Thank you kindly

[Scott Andrews]

That's lovely. I think we are having our third attempt at spring. The courier has delivered some magnificent snowdrops, and daffodils are starting to appear, and yet somehow things are beginning to freeze again.

I love the warmth of the poem as you chat to these flowers in a way which is so incredibly familial. However, I do believe that you are being harsh in your judgement, as weather forecasters are rarely correct in my experience ;D

[Gee]

Belated thanks Scott

[Seriana]

Ah! Love this. What a sweet little rhyme, and reminder how tricky mother nature can be! Such pretty imagery with the "floral word". Love that phrase!

[Gee]

Thank you. Apologies for the late reply my kindle stopped working and the replacement one has only just arrived:)