A Beautiful Crisp Spring Afternoon Poem by Deanna Samuels

A beautiful crisp Spring afternoon
too nice to go straight back home
decided to take ride to the lake
merely to sit, rest, look at the view

What a beauteous scene to behold
when, upon reaching the shore,
waters so calm despite cool wind
its color an unusual jade azure

The sun shone upon the lake in front
causing sparkling wavelets to dance
the sky clear, but of the lightest haze blue
a few tiny cloudlets drift lazily by

A handful of people walk along sandy beach
pulling coats tighter against the chilly breeze
while others stroll alongside on park path
taking in the air on this Good Friday holiday

Trees along lakeside still bare and barren -
but wait, do I see tiny buds awakening
and there too, on maples appear hints of green.
Spring is in the air on this glorious afternoon

Written by Lake Ontario, Oshawa - 7th April 2023