Notes About The Poem
Dec.6- 2025
Seasons Poetry Contest
Sponsor- Joseph May
~ Placed Third~
Winter
Cruel winter, with sharp claws, like a feral beast, you come,
Accompanied by icy gales and blinding mist.
Snowflakes fall in clusters from the greying sky.
Everywhere the chilly clutch and hold of winter persist.
The sun that shone bright has sadly departed.
It has curled up under clouds, hiding in an unknown space.
Trees in row stand leafless and starkly naked.
Men stay indoors to escape winter's cold embrace.
All around me, I see the frosted land stretching endless
Oh winter, with your kiss, birds and beasts have gone silent
Breath comes out from your lips like steamy vapour
You sometimes attack us unforeseen like a nasty tyrant.
Your icy warriors infiltrate through every crack into the night,
With furtive breath, they pierce into our flesh and numb our senses
All warmth is looted away from our body in stealth
Their unanticipated attack nullifies all defences.
* * * * *
I know death is necessary for life’s arrival and revival
I wait to see winter’s desolation turn into hues of spring,
When vernal vigour shall embellish the vales and hills,
And a jubilant and joyous rebirth, spring shall surely bring!
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