Written for a contest for which I was to be one of the judges. Using "The Shadow" by William Carlos Williams as an inspiration, write something to illustrate your take on his style. As I had not read any of William's poetry before this, and was tossed in as a judge without notice, I thought I'd need to try my best to writing one too - so I get critiqued, but can't win! Here are some hints we were given, and "The Shadow"

Write about a season. Use some repetition, be it a line, a word or a phrase. Use simple expressive language, relying on sensory details as you look from the perspective of an inanimate object awaiting the change of the season you’ve picked. Judges will be looking for your use of repetition, use of consonance and inter-line rhyme to show emotion and movement. 

The reason I have the poem I call "Original" where it is: One more restriction, an artificially set line limit of 25. When I wrote my poem, and the one that is on display, I was unaware of this, and I exceeded it. So to meet the rules, I compressed Verse 2 & 3 into one. but I prefer the uncompressed form, and Williams would not have cared.

 
The Shadow

Soft as the bed in the earth  
Where a stone has lain—  
So soft, so smooth and so cool,  
Spring closes me in  
With her arms and her hands.          
 
Rich as the smell  
Of new earth on a stone,  
That has lain, breathing  
The damp through its pores—  
Spring closes me in          
With her blossomy hair;  
Brings dark to my eyes.