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Rebirth

Idle Verse: A Poetry Feature

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G. Lawrence in the Book Nook
Feb 19, 2026
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Author’s own picture, sunrise in Pembrokeshire

Rebirth

A wind arising,

A shudder in the trees

As if the world exhaling

A tremble of the leaves.

And all the time the tempest

Rocks the grey-worn skies,

The barren bleak of winter

Retreating as Spring comes alive.

Life is breaking through

The sodden, warming earth

Yellow sparks of hope in bloom

The year igniting in…

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