01-The Spring Sonnet Poem by Anthony D Bailey

For Sally H

What influence hath the season of spring?
‘Tis the most rousing of nature's magic,
For a joy of joys in its wake doth bring,
Balance perchance for past dark and tragic.
April stirs blossom and love too can bloom,
As swallow returns and lilacs flourish,
Like spring, thou hast lifted my winter gloom,
For ‘twas spring when mine eyes, thee did nourish.
Either I fell in love or am bewitch'd?
With thy exquisite form and naughty ways,
Thou hast seasoned my life, and heart enrich'd,
I'll not forget, nor regret these heady days,
If thou will, and hast will to love me now,
My heart shalt be forever thine, this I vow.

(My first attempt at a sonnet! May 09)