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Suddenly Spring Strikes the Senses
By Kelly Watts Williams
Who suddenly smells flowers**
Springing from the soil
Dancing in the fashion of a kite on a string?
Who suddenly feels discombobulated
When the sun hits you full-on, point blank
Revealing all that artificial light does not?
Who suddenly hears the rain
Drops caught in spider webs
In the sequester of a tree’s hollow?
Who suddenly tastes the delights of mother nature
Breathing in the aromas of the sweet woods and sour grasses
Drinking in the mist from her plentifully bedewed chalice?
Who suddenly sees the rainbow
Baring it’s fair beauty across the sky
As comforting to the spirit as biscuits and gravy are to the soul?
Who suddenly senses warmth alighting bird-like
Take a respite here awaiting summer to strike!
**First line taken from From Jack Gilbert’s poem “Horses at Midnight Without a Moon”
Meet the Poet – Kelly Watts Williams
Kelly Watts Williams spent her formative years in Southern California, graduating from UCLA with a BA in Linguistics and Computer Science. While pursuing a career in IT, Kelly’s love of language influenced her personal pursuits. From starting a singing telegram business with her best friend in high school, to performing in Community Theater musicals, to sharing her poems at Open Mics, Kelly has always enjoyed playing with words. In retirement, she has enthusiastically embraced poetry and found her voice in Spoken Word. Her insightful poetry draws on her empathetic journey of discovery and interpretation of the human experience. Kelly lives with her husband in Chattanooga, TN.
Kelly Watts Williams is a member of Rhyme N Chatt Interactive Poetry Organization, a docent at the Hunter Museum of American Art, and the author and illustrator of her first book of poetry “A Feast for the Hunger We All Have: A 12-Course Buffet of Poetry”.
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