Greetings, blackdogred! And welcome to the community! WDC is amazing, as you'll find out (if you haven't already .) If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

It's that time of year and the cottonwoods are laughing, as you refer to it... I must admit, I'd rather see the snows of cottonwood trees compared to the real white stuff! Michigan's past two winters have been longer than normal and I'm ready to be done with snow for a while. A long while!

I enjoyed your poem. It almost felt like this could be lyrics to a folk song, in places. Do you play the guitar or ukulele? Something to think about!

I have a few suggestions listed below. My reviews are intended to be helpful and encouraging, not hurtful in any way. Use what you feel works, and leave the rest.

You may want to add an apostrophe to Natures in the first line to show possession of the forest:
From Nature's own forest, old winter has fled.

The only other thing I noticed was you capped the S in Spring in the last line but not the w in winter nor the s in spring at the beginning. You might want to be consistent either way.

Nice job. I still think you should consider making this into a folk song!

Favorite lines...

May spring now begin, with the cottonwoods laughin’.

And the snows that they bare, be seeds of compassion.

I also really, really, really liked:

on wings of sweet wishes and tails of white geese.

Good job!

Have a great day and...
  K e e p on W r i t i n g !

Cubby ")




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