12-03-2013, 09:40 AM
This is my first ever reply on this forum and I must say stuff like this is why I chose to join in the first place. I can't honestly give too much feedback on grammar and such (cause I kind of suck at it) but I can speak to how I'm affected and inspired by a piece. First of all I really enjoyed the duality represented by winter/spring and how the winter portion is not stereotypically cold or sad, there's more of a feeling of expectation of the coming warmth; the new life that spring breeds. Generally, I get a transitive feeling, the kind of universal boomerang where things come and go; especially from the lines "mom's favorites replanted" and "counting her pennies to buy what she can't let go". Overall, a wonderful poem! 