Waiting To Be Strewn

Below cool cotton rippled sky pale
Barren limbs hang so helpless in the mild gale 
Sunlight dances before it sleeps
Early winter’s calling for all to keep 

Afternoon’s beams strike the trees 
They look like icicles twinkling in the breeze 
Mute brown colors surrounds the landscape 
Parched and dry soil twists up in a tunnel shape

All that was full of life has now passed
Tarnished and waiting for snow to blanket and contrast
Pieces of debris waving in the brushwood 
As the first flakes fall on all where it stood

And shall be graced with beauty in time 
With the pings of mother natures frozen white chime
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008


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Date: 12/12/2008 9:43:00 AM
Great images and so wonderfully visual. Very well done. Regards Heidie
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Date: 12/7/2008 2:48:00 AM
Fantastic visual dear, Laura. Thank you for sharing. Lainie
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Date: 12/6/2008 3:48:00 AM
A very visual sonnet Laura, lovely, love, Kristin
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Date: 12/6/2008 12:51:00 AM
Beautiful imagery here Laura.Rgds Brian & thanks for your welcome comments
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Date: 12/5/2008 11:32:00 PM
Laura this is a wonderful winter poem and just an excellent Sonnet - Love the concluding lines - God Bless you hon, MJ
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Date: 12/5/2008 9:17:00 PM
Not what I expected from the title...oh, well - just the dark side of my humor kicking in. Actually, I was very impressed by this write...then again, I'm a sucker for a good sonnet - however, this is a GREAT SONNET - each stanza kicks ass...(can I say that)? Well...I just did...excellent rhyme, tight meter, beautiful imagery. Loved this, Laura...one of your best! Wishing you and your family Happy Holidays! Peace and hugs, J.
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Date: 12/5/2008 4:29:00 PM
Dear Laura, What a beautiful Winter Sonnet I Enjoy reading YOU I LOVE the Rhyme YOU are an Inspiration YOUR Humble Protege...HG Thank-YOU for YOUR comment on HG My WIFE Died in 1971 but YOU are right Time does Heal For TIME is ETERNAL ALWAYS...HG
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