This year spring brought a mixture of feelings: restlessness, weariness, and anticipation, to name a few. I searched ‘spring fever’ and discovered that it is a phenomenon with contrasting definitions. It can be a surge in energy and vitality; or show up as low energy and weariness. In German there is a word for the weary version: ‘Frühjahrsmüdigkeit’ or ‘spring tiredness’. Lately, frühjahrsmüdigkeit captured my attention, inspiring me to write a haiku, tanka, and a shadorma that uses The Secret Keeper’s five weekly writing prompt words.
Frühjahrsmüdigkeit,
Longing to sleep all morning,
Caught by an old dream.
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Dirt piles hug road curbs
yellow matted grass scratches
weary witness pines
strains for signs of fresh green shoots
hungrily aches for sunshine.
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Spring induced
signs to muse upon,
patience test,
whine and kick–
no store-bought potion will sooth
soul seeking own way.
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I have felt both sides of this spring fever! I especially like the first poem.
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Thanks. I don’t think I have been aware of
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I’ll try again:) if I experienced the less euphoric type of fever — the restless weary kind–before, I didn’t link it to the change of season.
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I think I have found it happen more at this exact time of year – spring is clearly coming but we still have many chilly gray days when you long for sun and warmth – every day! I think it is a recovery from winter more than caused by spring, maybe? That’s what I have attributed the restless feeling too. Impatience with the pace of spring! Interesting to think about.
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Yes, it could be partly winter recovery.. like when you get sick or feel totally exhausted when you finally have a vacation and want to enjoy it.
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This has been a very strange spring. You captured it here. It’s supposed to be well into the 70s today, and then there’s chance of snow next week.
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Oh my goodness! We haven’t hit the seventies but we have been swinging between above and below freezing.
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I enjoyed all three.
We’ve had bulbs blooming her in mid-Missouri for 3 or 4 weeks now, so they’re like an antidote for the occasional gray days.
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Ahh blooming bulbs! Not quite here yet –though saw tips poking up–there have been and will be more hard frosts at night…yet the grass is showing a touch of green 🙂
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Yes! Down here it’s been “spring is the mischief in me” vs. pollen allergy agony!
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Gives us a lot to talk about–these changing seasons — especially these days 🙂
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My soul “hungrily aches for sunshine”and we got a bit today after two days of snow and freezing winter cold. My “patience is test(ed)” for sure! Love your poems, Janice.
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Thanks Olga. It is a test of patience.
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