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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Date: 7/12/2012 9:18:00 PM
oh,,yes,,, "I really like this. it was an awesome win... pd
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Date: 1/16/2012 11:28:00 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?
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Date: 1/16/2012 11:12:00 AM
Congratulations on your win in Sidney~LeeAnn's "DEAD WINTER" contest Danny. Love, Carol
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Date: 1/16/2012 2:11:00 AM
A great win Danny congratulations like it x
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Date: 1/15/2012 10:45:00 PM
DANNY,, a wonderful win ;-) congratulations, on a poem well done,..always yours truly,..p.d.
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Date: 11/23/2011 9:49:00 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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Date: 11/23/2011 8:18:00 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
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Date: 11/23/2011 4:02:00 AM
We are all survivors of bleak winter's, but the summer does always return!LT
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Date: 11/22/2011 9:23:00 PM
Smile, Nice Flow & Weaving Verse * Perhaps In The Flesh One Day Much Shall Pass Away? * Smile, Perhaps? * Luv, John!:) *
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