A poem about spring is:
“Spring is not the best of seasons.
Cold and flu are two good reasons;
Wind and rain and other sorrow,
Warm today and cold tomorrow.
Whoever said spring was romantic?
The word that best applies is frantic!”
The lines have been cited in print since at least 1968. Authorship is unknown.
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Southern Florist and Nurseryman
Volume 80, Issues 40-52
1968
Pg. 15:
We say spring is not the best of seasons. Colds and flu are two good reasons; wind and rain and other sorrow, warm today and cold tomorrow. Whoever said spring was romantic? The word that best applies is frantic. That’s what I know.
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1800 Quips and Illustrations for All Occasions
By Herbert V. Prochnow
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books
1994, ©1969
Pg. 172:
Spring is not the best of seasons. Colds and flu are two good reasons; wind and rain and other sorrow, warm today and cold tomorrow. Whoever said Spring was romantic? The word that best applies is frantic!
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The Book of Uncommon Quips and Quotations
By Venkata Ramana
New Delhi: Pustak Mahal
2003
Pg. ?:
Spring is not the best of seasons.
Cold and flu are two good reasons;
Wind and rain and other sorrow,
Warm today and cold tomorrow.
Whoever said spring was romantic?
The word that best applies is frantic!
The earth is warm ,the sun’s ablaze,
It is a time of carefree days;
And bees abuzz that chance to pass
May see me snoozing in the grass.
—Anonymous
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Chelsea Brown
@iamchelseabrown
Spring is not the best of seasons. Cold and flu are two good reasons; Wind and rain and other sorrow, warm today and cold tomorrow.
5:56 AM - 22 Mar 2009
27 March 2010, Florida Times Union (Jacksonville, FL), “Joys of springtime: Warm and cold, breezes and sneezes” by Jackie Rooney, pg. V9:
Don’t let spring swings get you down. Bear in mind this brief, author-unknown ditty: “Spring is not the best of seasons. Cold and flu are two good reasons; wind and rain and other sorrow, warm today and cold tomorrow.”
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J.P. Adams
@jpadams81
Spring is not the best of seasons.
Cold and flu are two good reasons;
wind and rain and other sorrow,
warm today and cold tomorrow- Unknown
6:58 AM - 6 Apr 2016
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