The Dead of Winter

In the dead of winter Mother Nature is callous and cruel

The wind bites the cheeks as it whistles around the corner

The ice crystals sting the eye like a desert sand storm

Only to blind you with it's forceful gusts


The land becomes colorless filled with white

In the dead of winter Mother Nature is callous and cruel

The trees become stripped of their leaves

And the wind howls through the branches


As the wind swirls and twirls

It freezes everything in sight

In the dead of winter Mother Nature is callous and cruel

As sheer ice covers the landscape


The snow drifts begin to pile

looking like dunes of desert sand

The roads start to become impassable

In the dead of winter Mother nature is callous and cruel


In the dead of winter Mother nature is callous and cruel

The ponds and rivers freeze to solid ice

Snow storms hit with a powerful vengeance

Blinding everything in it's snowy path.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Dietrich Avatar
October 17, 2010 at 9:09 PM
PHyllis, I noticed that one line was moving to a different line position in each new stanza. Was this a type of Quatern? I have done a few of those. Do you experiment a lot with many forms of poems? I think you mentioned wanting to do a book of prairie poems. If you only want to do a chapbook, Marie at Shadowpoetry does a really cute job for people. Well, dear, I really should get upstairs. Once again. I've made myself tired being on here so long at night. See ya Thanks for all your comments!
Dietrich Avatar
October 17, 2010 at 9:09 PM
Oh, and I forgot to say, you did a great job describing why winter is so callous!
Kendrick Avatar
September 29, 2010 at 9:38 AM
It made me want to curl up with hot chocolate and a warm blanket...Very descriptive..Sara
White Avatar
March 22, 2010 at 6:47 AM
Very descriptive and real- I lived in Anchorage 10 years Brrrrr
Smith-Johnsen Avatar
January 6, 2010 at 4:03 PM
It can get VERY stormy in the middle of winter as you have said, Phyllis. But Floridians would probably bundle up, make snow angels, and have sword fights with icicles. IF they were caught in a snowy storm... That's what we did on one freezing Chicago night.
Hickman Avatar
January 1, 2010 at 10:04 PM
a dreary write of the power of winter, but written very well with rhythm and style in freeverse form,I could feel and see all the decriptive points, very well penned,,and Thank you for reading and commenting,,,Blessings..cecil
Owens Avatar
December 11, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Very nice poem..Enjoyed reading.. Marty
Derequito Avatar
December 10, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Coming from the tropics, this is also what I often think about the west. The barren wasteland of white. But then in the tropics, we have our own equivalent: when it's dry, it's really dry! Grasses don't grow, green turns brown, you name it. Yet this is what makes nature so beautiful: the renewal. The constant dying sure to be followed by the predictable rebirth. CYCLE. What a bore life would be if it's always spring or autumn or rain. Even the best things in life can't be overdone, right, Phyl?
Loving Iii Avatar
December 10, 2009 at 10:44 AM
so why stay there? move to florida. john oh yeah thats right no health care, stay there.
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