The weather in Springtime is very uncertain.
It can’t decide whether it’s hot or it’s cold.
It doesn’t know whether to pour or to sprinkle
or whether to simply keep raindrops on hold.
The weather in Springtime is quite indecisive,
and that’s why you’ll find in a week, or a day,
it’ll rain and be sunny and cold and too hot.
We never know whether we’ll go out to play!
© Kristin Martin 2018
This poem was first published in The Caterpillar, Issue 20, Spring 2018. It is also in my poetry book, To Rhyme or Not to Rhyme? (Glimmer Press, 2019).
Hi Kristin
I prefer autumn because my birthday is in March! I do like spring though!
-Caleb
Hi Caleb,
Happy birthday for March! (only 2 and a bit months to go)
Kristin
Hi Kristin
I love spring because it is the time when my birthday is and when you go outside it looks beautiful. Why I do not like spring at the same time is because I get hay-fever.
Hi Nuwin,
I like and dislike Spring for exactly the same reasons!
Kristin
Hi Kristin,
My favourite season is actually Spring because during Spring it is my birthday !!! Love your poems, I must force my brother Caleb Varley to read this poem I am sure he will love it ALMOST as much as I love it !!! You are soooo talented!!!!
– Clara ❤️
Hi Clara,
Thank you! And happy birthday! It is about half way through spring, so your birthday has either been in the last month and a half, or is in the next month and a half!
Kristin
I really like the way you used rhyming words.I really like the way you used the homophones. It was an AMAZING poem!Even I feel the uncertainty of weather!!!
Hi Methuli,
Thanks four your lovely comment. I am very fond of that poem. I love homophones too.
Kristin
Hi Kristen
That was a great poem. Why did you want to write the poem? How do you come up with the idea of this poem? Also what is your favourite season?
From Thinara
Hi Thinara,
I had so much fun writing this poem. I loved the personification of the season, and playing with weather and whether.
Kristin
Hi Kristin
This poem was so nice to read, I could read it all day!! I liked how you used the homophones of weather and whether. What gave you inspiration for this poem, because it was amazing!!
Tharusha
The homophones were the inspiration. 🙂
Dear Kristin,
I thought that was a great poem. You are spot on
about the weather, the cold days, the hot days, and the beautiful
sunny days in between. I love it went it lightly rains on the roof at night or when you wake up to the warm sun coming though the window. You are an AWESOME poet.
From Elena
Thank you, Elena, for our wonderful comment. It is so lovely to be called an awesome poet! This poem was a lot of fun to write, playing with the words weather/ whether. I do like spring weather too.
Kristin
Hi Kristin
I have never seen a poem like that before.
Spring is my favourite season.
I really enjoyed reading it.
Thanks Mia!
It’s nearly Spring! Hooray!
Kristin
Dear Kristin
I agree with you. I still can’t decide if Spring is a time of warmth or coldness. It is extremely confusing. Why did you choose to write a poem like this? It is incredibly interesting.
Yenuli
Hi Yenuli,
Thank you for your lovely comment. I wrote the poem because I wanted to play with the words weather and whether. They sound the same but have different meanings.
Kristin
They are called Homophones
Yes, they are! Thank you. I often forget that word.
I love this poem because it’s about Spring, my birthday month!
It’s mine too. 🙂
That is like today here! Love your poem
Thanks Tae!
I am new migrants to Australia and this is my 2nd spring. I truly feel this weather change in spring. This is amazing poem.
Thanks Dinethri!
Hi Kristin,
Yes you are correct. Today the whether is similar like that. We went to the park with our friends in the hot weather but it turned windy and cold suddenly in the afternoon. So we came back home soon. I couldn’t play enough.
Thanks for the poem. I enjoyed it,
Dinidu
Hi Dinidu,
I have been reciting this poem a lot in the last month. The weather has been quite indecisive recently!
Kristin
Spring is an unusual season. It has it’s positives and negatives such as hayfever happens and then there are new plants and beauty of nature. But the poem is beautiful.
Hi Thisama,
I agree with you- Spring is unusual. I have been reciting my poem almost every day as the weather changes yet again.
Kristin
I like spring! There is more sunlight which means more time to play outside!
Tharusha
I like Spring too!
I love spring but hayfevers not my thing.
Hi Tiaana,
That’s a lovely rhyme!
Kristin
Great poem!
I was born in Spring but its one of my least favourite seasons because of the unpredictable weather and hay fever, I prefer Autumn or Winter. What about you?
Hi Thenumi,
I love all the seasons except for winter.
Kristin
I love the spring time because all new animal babies are born they are all so cute I love this poem to.
Hi Nae,
Thanks for your comment. I like spring too.
Kristin
I love spring time because of all the new flowers that come and because it means its almost time to get in the pool.
Cadence K
Hi Cadence,
I love Spring too. We’re nearly there!
Kristin
Hi Methuli,
I do like spring. I am tired of winter- it is too cold for me.
Kristin
Sound glorious!
Tharinsa
Thank you.
I love spring but you can get hay fever and there are so many bees!
Tharinsa
Hi Tharinsa,
I love spring too, but I don’t love hayfever!
Kristin