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secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

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a 'Universalist' !

0 posted 2008-01-29 08:20 PM

When Winter Lingers

What can be carved
from another Winter
morning,
with nighttime passing
into day,
as the twilight dawning’s
dark-bright window,
mirrors and mixes
scattering clouds
and shattering dreams,
with eternal whisperings
upon the hope of Spring?!

Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural

1 posted 2008-01-29 08:24 PM

Lovely

ARCTIC WIND

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2008-01-29 08:46 PM

In Alaska, sled dogs and mushers are getting ready for the Yukon Quest.
Since they need good snow for the Quest (and Iditarod) they want Spring to stay away until...'break-up' which ordinarily isn't until April.
I guess they see Winter morning's in a very different light.

TomMark
Member Elite

since 2007-07-27

Posts 2133
LA,CA

3 posted 2008-01-29 09:09 PM

Love lady Midnitesun's comment.
Beautiful poem again.

When Winter Lingers

When winter lingers
Don't we know who holds her heart?
A delicate thread

[This message has been edited by TomMark (01-30-2008 02:54 PM).]

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

4 posted 2008-01-30 01:23 AM

It's cold in Alaska this winter - we have plenty of snow for the Iditarod and the Quest ~ and we are all looking forward to March. The light changes and the days seem warmer. Kacy knows.

Spring will be welcomed - we just want to keep the snow.

Alison

soul drifter
Senior Member

since 2004-09-08

Posts 711
Colorado

5 posted 2008-01-30 01:23 AM

very lovely snapshot of my least favorite season, winter.

Though I, at times, dislike winter, I love your poem.
I'm always in love with spring and this makes me long for it even more.

ArtSolstice
Member

since 2007-03-18

Posts 498

6 posted 2008-01-30 02:03 PM

Fine images of this slow-moving season! Here, encouraged by some pre-season warmth, confused trees began early buds. A few brave pips rose above the earthline to look around, but it's too early for greening.

Bobby Jordan
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since 2007-08-13

Posts 491
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

7 posted 2008-01-30 03:21 PM

Secondhanddreampoet,

Good work. Winter always hangs around too long.

However, that's what I think of summer too.

Bobby

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

8 posted 2008-01-31 11:49 AM

I love and miss true winter, but it is an overwhelming moment when Spring breaks through ... i.e. with snowdrops piercing through the slowly melting snow ....

I love your winter poems very much, though you seem a little bit melancholic!

Love,
Margherita

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

9 posted 2008-01-31 12:09 PM

nice read

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

10 posted 2008-01-31 03:23 PM

We've had quite a lot of rain here lately with more expected. (For So. Cal. that's winter lingering) but today is a lovely, sunny day and I should be outside but reading good poetry is so addictive.
Ida

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