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"Winter"
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"Winter" |
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Arius Miura de Galdri Member
since 2007-07-04
Posts 90Michigan, USA 
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"Winter" Winter lies around the bend, its chill is in the air Its frigid fingers change the breeze from summer to despair An icy touch has turned the leaves from green to shades of dark The once-blue sky has lost its hue, and gone from bright to stark The scent of frost has overcome the scent of summer grass The surface of the lake is grey and still as mirrored glass And birds sing in the morn no more, but those that choose to stay To face the frigid winter, now just days or weeks away A festive atmosphere descends, a candle in the night, The streets will soon be lined in wreaths and strings of Christmas lights And voices raised in joyful song will pierce the gloomy cold While snow like ash will fill the air as winter takes its hold Try as I might to be morose (which seems to be the norm) I wait with anxious eagerness for winter’s icy storm To cloak the town I love so well in sheets of snowy white So I can roam the wintry streets, my clandestine delight! "My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--it gives a lovely light!" -Edna St. Vincent Millay |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Makes me long for your kind of winter, Timothy. We just have rain here in So. Cal. but I lived in Oregon and Idaho as a child and remember the winters of your poem. Ida |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Many very beautiful lines in this! I adore Winter too. Love, Margherita  |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Arius Miura de Galdri, You bring many thoughts of the winter that is surely to come soon. And you describe it well. Must be cold there in Michigan during the winter season... Nice write... BC |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
good read |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
lovely...just lovely |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Timothy, I love winter too and can't wait for the trees to be covered with thick hoar frost. I always enjoy your poetry. Alison |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
this is a lovely write |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
"Winter lies around the bend, its chill is in the air Its frigid fingers change the breeze from summer to despair" Nice rhyming, it doesn't feel forced, but think it might sound better 'a chill' rather than 'its' which begins the next line. Just MHO. I enjoyed the imagery very much. |
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