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Winter Be Gone

Your hands cold as death Your bite killing like snake’s venom Your breath leaving trees bereft Of leaves, stripped, lonesome Birds migrating to warmer land Grizzly bears for hibernating send To earth a carpet of snow lend Chestnuts in the lap of fire spend Gloved hands holding golden cognac in goblets Men & women dressed in warm leather jackets Wines, roasted almonds, soups and turkey breasts Enjoy the gift of comfort and rests On the other side of this scenario People in numbers and not few That suffer profusely because of you Their tattered clothes are no shield Of your ruthless biting teeth Ill nourished, frail and ailing lots Not haves but have nots Your victims, your prey, weak and forlorn Cry out ‘winter be gone’, ‘winter be gone’ (Judged Winner on Feb. 2, 2013 in the Winter be Gone Contest of Francine Roberts)

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Debbie Guzzi

Date: 2/4/2013 1:41:00 PM

A lot of reality in this one..so true! Congrad's on your win. Light & Love

Audrey Haick

Date: 2/4/2013 10:39:00 AM

Congratulations on your fine win, Mohammad! Always, Annalise

Mandy Tams The Golden Girl

Date: 2/4/2013 8:27:00 AM

Hi and big congratulations Mohammad , yes we want winter gone xx

Mehnaz Veetil

Date: 2/3/2013 11:30:00 PM

congratulations on your winning write..

Mohammad Yamin
Date: 2/4/2013 1:05:00 PM

Thanks Mehnaz. You are very kind

Francine Roberts

Date: 2/3/2013 10:36:00 PM

congrats on your win in my contest ( and my name is not Frankling)

Mohammad Yamin
Date: 2/4/2013 1:04:00 PM

Thanks Francine. I regret the error in your first name caused by my optical illusion. It has since been corrected. Regards

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 2/3/2013 10:03:00 PM

Hi Mohammad, Congratulations with your wonderful poem ~ Always~ LINDA

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 1/30/2013 3:19:00 AM

I'm freezing .... it's cold here too, the winter's been long. - A very good poem Mohammad, good luck in the contest! - Hope spring comes soon, I long for warm days. -oxox / / Anne-Lise :)

Mohammad Yamin
Date: 1/30/2013 12:45:00 PM

Thanks for visiting my poem and for your appreciation, Anne. As for the long winter experienced by you, I offer my sympathies. For the same reason I moved to warmer Karachi, Pakistan from Portugal for a few winter months. Recently, I had to travel to Islamabad on the invitation of Pakistan Academy of Letters to attend an International Conference of Writers an Intellectuals. I virtually froze in that city. When on my return to Karachi I was thawing, I caught Flu which has taken over a week to cure. Love

Audrey Haick

Date: 1/29/2013 7:03:00 PM

So many share in the angst that you feel, Mohammad. Best wishes for Francine's contest. Soup Mail. Always, Annalise

Mohammad Yamin
Date: 1/31/2013 12:22:00 PM

Thanks for your visit and appreciation, Annalise

Elizabeth Wesley

Date: 1/29/2013 6:19:00 PM

And my toes suffer too Mohammad; living in Canada is not easy this time of year and this makes me wonder where you are. I think there are may who don't have the necessities to be warm and it is very sad. You think of others so often in your poems! Love, Elizabeth

Mohammad Yamin
Date: 2/1/2013 12:06:00 PM

Thanks for your comments on my poem, Elizabeth. As it started getting too cold in Portugal I shifted to warmer Karachi for a few months. I'll return when it is Spring there and summer in Karachi. My poems reflect my personality. I write what I truly feel. When I see poverty my heart bleeds. I am a lover of mankind.

Sara Kendrick

Date: 1/29/2013 2:47:00 PM

Interesting work..This one should be in the winners' list..Enjoyed reading this afternoon..Thanks for stopping by..Your presence at my work is uplifting.,Sara