Long Toboggans Poems

She dresses the land down
in a virginal bridal gown 
a masterfully cut and sewn chenille 
shines brightly with a fine crystal appeal

Her assistants work quite diligently
to add special touches and then flee
they decorated the mountain peaks 
using all their...

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We had missed five days in
The last two weeks
Due to the ice and snow.
Roads and streets had been impassable—
Freezing rain, blowing snow and black ice.
We started the day late at 10 am.
I greeted them at...

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Our winter weather is highly unpredictable
Jack frost often paints frosty ferns on our windows, but we seldom get any snow 
Occasionally we get a flurry but it rarely stays on the ground 
However, I vividly...

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I watch feather light snowflakes float down to the ground
they land so delicately; they hardly make any sound
by evening a blanket of wintry white is all around
The weather forecast confirms that winter is finally here

I...

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Childhood Friends

      When I was about nine or ten
      I had a friend called John back then.

      And in the...

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There are many days until winter,
Snow falls gently on the houses and trees.

The houses look like they are made of gingerbread,
The snow sweeps across the rooftops.

Branches of the spruces and pines touched with fresh snow,...

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Once upon a time of grand pleasure
There was a child with thoughts of pure fun
Days danced from one to another
How wonderful it felt to be young

To capture secret snow forts
on toboggans of imagination
To cross vast...

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Winter rhapsody, the snowflakes  ascending slowly,.
Reaching the rooftops and houses.

Winter rhapsody, pedestrians in their winter clothes,
Warm  caps  snowsuits ,coats and boots,

Winter rhapsody, a horse drawn sleigh riding through the pioneer village,
You could...

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Winter!  What beauty and pureness unfold
Snow so white, falling like the rain in spring
While some embrace this, others say it’s cold
But this is the season to have a great fling
Dancing and eating, come friends,...

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The icy snow sparkles in the midday sun
as we glide down on cardboard toboggans.
Scarves wrapped thrice around our necks,
overcoats buttoned to the top.
We feel no pain as we tumble off,
just laugh, and run for another...

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Time embellishes memories of youth
when winter felt magical and much more.
I was oblivious to the cold truth;
and with snow skis strapped to my feet, I'd soar.

Come Christmas, I'd write Santa a letter
while my mom hung...

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I saw a boy walking, alone, towards the school
I heard laughter from the other side of the street
I saw smiles across the street

I remember a colourful photography
Pastel colours like an old painting
Four gravel roads meeting
Divided...

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