{"id":115,"date":"2014-09-29T15:56:47","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T15:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/poetry\/?page_id=115"},"modified":"2017-06-10T01:54:28","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T01:54:28","slug":"the-call-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/poetry\/poems-by-patrick-carpen\/the-call-of-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"The Call of Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"Last updated: June 10, 2017 at 1:54 am\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Call of Spring &#8211; A Poem by<a href=\"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Patrick Carpen<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freeimages.com\/photo\/devon-spring-1535242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.freeimages.com\/images\/previews\/a7a\/devon-spring-1535242.jpg?resize=586%2C440\" alt=\"The Call of Spring - Poem by Patrick Carpen\" width=\"586\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a>The birds sit on the willow;<\/p>\n<p>The sun\u00a0 peeps from the sky.<\/p>\n<p>Downstream the noisy rivers flow<\/p>\n<p>And busy ants scurry by.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A butterfly with rainbow colors<\/p>\n<p>Runs wildly as a vine.<\/p>\n<p>Passing o\u2019er the flowers<\/p>\n<p>In paths of strange designs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The flower\u00a0trees\u00a0are bending:<\/p>\n<p>Smiling to the rain.<\/p>\n<p>Gigantic trees are mending.<\/p>\n<p>And summer dawns\u00a0again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Call of Spring &#8211; A Poem by Patrick Carpen The birds sit on the willow; The sun\u00a0 peeps from the sky. 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