Best Midwinter Poems

 In the patient stillness 
of a mid-winter’s night,
whispers from nature 
ride the drifting winds;
trees whisper secrets 
into the moonlight’s rays
and my spirit revels within...

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In frosted field the shrouded horses stand

As statues still and frozen in quiescence 

No wish to raise their heads their faces bland

‘Til tepid sun should...

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Trees fingering the bone-
white of winter are stripped bare
under the chilled blue sky....

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Not long ago, one midwinter day
The sky was bright blue, not dull winter gray
It lured me out, from my hiding place
For a welcome but needed,...

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(A true story)

Now i grow older, and beauteous memories turn to weeds,
this blood in my veins turn to water, like a river cold desolute
in the...

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My mind freezes as a birdbath
on a chill winter night,
It cracks like glass, soon dissolves
in sun-drenching midday light.
A thought of my winter parting
completely clouds my...

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A single drop of water might be a source of solace.
Since what is unseen is destroyed, allow me to stay.
A magnificent ecstasy fantasy, a dreamlike...

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Like the breathless air of twilight,
As the moon softly rises and tempts the stars
Into the quiet revelations, admissions
Grace, splendor, magnificence…
Painting the dreams with a quivering...

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Come, let us celebrate the shortest day
And longest night: midwinter, even though
The coldest times are still to come. We pause
For a brief moment, like the...

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The air is crisp, cold weather
that you can sink your teeth into.
It's midwinter with a brief break
between rainy weather fronts.

My fat limping dog and I...

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Often after the fallen snow is swept, glory
Is found when the treading surface is clear.
A light dusting is a breeze to remove. For heavy slush...

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The oak trees are an endless sea of grey;
The waves roll over hills until they melt
Into a grey horizon under dim
Midwinter skies. The world is...

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Twas sordid that thought
Midwinter handed a lit 
Oil lamp
Glowing
Showing the way outside to the shiny black paint of
The toilet door

Lift the latch....clunk! as your eyes...

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My heart bleeds
But I'm immune
The shaman walks
In the midwinter moon

The hawk guides me
On my path today
Under the wandering willow
My heart does stray

The wolf my ally
With...

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