Winter Blank Verse Poems

Spring
the first winter, after a long war, was cold
today snow was slushy, the beginning of spring
a poor street, houses
 had not been painted for years
not...

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Shopping during the winter trying 
to keep my hands warm by placing 
them in my pockets but how can 
I carry my purse walking down...

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the dining hall is half empty
because it is friday - shabbat
and good jews light candles at home
not such a good jew i am out
with my...

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What joy to see the end of winter days
as snowdrops rise with bells of ermine white,
the signal that winter has reached its end.
More hours of...

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Seven Mossad Agents came to Norway a winter day 
when a snow drowns the needs of the homeless
asleep in a shop's doorway absorbing the sarcastic...

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Russia, my lovely

Why do I remember this now on a Christmas day 
galley boy on a tank ship that was old in 1956
as the youngest...

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A tree in love

By the old road, before it meets a widened way
 in a nearby stands two trees close together
 we can see they...

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Meeting a princess

It was, according to the old, the coldest winter
any could remember, the wise said it was because 
the war had disturbed the weather...

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a newspaper and frost

The winter of 1947 was very cold, the country was 
exhausted, the German army that had given employment
to civilians, had surrendered and...

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Brooding River

This winter saw a lot of rain in the river near the houses, still running clear and lucid, giving its soul
to the ocean
On the...

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A romantic interlude

At sunset, when the evening has a bluish taint 
I think to myself I should have written more
how wonderful life can be.
She smells...

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I live among the sunsets, all around
the dying flames of family and friends.
Shared dawns so vibrant, now so far away,
still remain remembered with affection
as are...

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Creaking, cracking, booming…

You hear the sounds before the bridge,
mountain quiet amplifies it,
step out on the old iron truss,
and a mess unfolds before you.

Creeping, slipping, shearing…

Long...

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The dry, frayed ends of autumn, the garden 
charred by successive waves of night frosts, 
the scent of wild grapes in the air.

Outside the kitchen’s...

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A romantic meeting (humor) 


I finally asked the girl in the flower shop
if she wanted to go out with me
say, Saturday night
To my surprise, she...

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