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Nature’s Cycle
I love the blue of the sky in spring
I love the warmth of the rain
I love the pretty flowers I thought
I would never see again
I wish it was always spring time
Bright sun, clean air, cool days
But the earth turns, the earth turns
And summer’s on its way.
I love the plants of summer
The vegetables and fruits
I love to wear my flip flops
And hang out in my bathing suit.
I wish it was always summer
With its long, green, ice cream days,
But the earth turns, the earth turns
And autumn’s on its way.
I love the colors of autumn
The browns and yellows and reds
When the sun starts sinking in the afternoon
Dinner comes earlier and so does bed.
I wish it was always autumn
With its crunchy leaves and crisp cool days,
But the earth turns, the earth turns
And winter’s on its way.
I wish it was always winter
With its softly falling snow
I love sledding down sloping hills
And the fire’s red, warming glow.
I wish it was always winter,
With its sparkling, magical days,
But the earth turns, the earth turns,
And spring is on its way.
1. Nature is both change and repetition.
2. The lines “the earth turns, the earth
turns, and (season) is on its way” are
repeated after every stanza. Each stanza
talks about one season, then the next
stanza talks about the next season. At the
end of the poem, spring is on its way. Spring
is the season talked about in the first
stanza, which suggests a loop or a cycle.