Dead Winter

Autumn's first frost has taken its toll; The rose's red petals have turned hard as coal. The winter approaches with deepening cold; The upcoming season must now kill the old. With the swift wings of death all becomes frozen; This is the hour the end-times have chosen. Lifeless and barren, the land's laid to waste. In order to save it, spring must make haste. Unfortunately, printemps never arrives; Gone are the days where we all survive.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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A   Avatar
July 12, 2012 at 9:18 PM
oh,,yes,,, "I really like this. it was an awesome win... pd
Pettit Avatar
January 16, 2012 at 11:28 PM
Danny, congratulations on winning with this entry. There is one questionable entry in your second line: The word "shoal" does not fit there. The definition of the word is either a shallow part of a deeper and larger body of water, or a large gathering. Are you sure you don't mean "coal" in that second line?
Brown Avatar
January 16, 2012 at 11:12 AM
Congratulations on your win in Sidney~LeeAnn's "DEAD WINTER" contest Danny. Love, Carol
Tams The Golden Girl Avatar
January 16, 2012 at 2:11 AM
A great win Danny congratulations like it x
A   Avatar
January 15, 2012 at 10:45 PM
DANNY,, a wonderful win ;-) congratulations, on a poem well done,..always yours truly,..p.d.
Wesley Avatar
November 23, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Somehow we manage - barely - to survive the season I like least but it too has its occasional beauty. Looking at it now, it seems so long and as you say, spring is out of reach.
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November 23, 2011 at 8:18 AM
Gives the reader something to ponder about. Nice use of rhyme to share your thoughts. Keep on writing! Thank you for you kind comment. Karen
Treetop Avatar
November 23, 2011 at 4:02 AM
We are all survivors of bleak winter's, but the summer does always return!LT
Rhinem Avatar
November 22, 2011 at 9:23 PM
Smile, Nice Flow & Weaving Verse * Perhaps In The Flesh One Day Much Shall Pass Away? * Smile, Perhaps? * Luv, John!:) *
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