Soft grey veils descend on the plains,
The world grows quiet, hushed and blurred;
I stroll back home amidst the fog
Without a sense of direction.
My breath makes cold and hazy clouds,
Lost in this murky frosty shroud,
My thoughts start to roam far and wide
Where worries waltz and fade away.
Streetlights spill
along icy roads.
Frosty pines’
leaning spines
bow beneath the weight of snow,
trembling in the cold.
Winter wonder land's Frosty the Snowman
always radiates love* with vibrant Christmas plan
miraculously bright midst icy glow
never melting along gifts that flow.
*1 John 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
December 25, 2025
1st place, "Frosty" Clerihew Poem Writing Contest
Sponsored by Joseph May; judged on 12/26/2025
Snowman Frosty who’s full of glee
covered the ground with his frozen pee-
This rumor spread by Rudolph
skewed Santa's sleigh, then took off.
-note: edited after judging the contest (sorry, I was so sleepy when I wrote this in the morning)
Shrewd, sly and savvy Jack Frost
Paints the world in shining icy ghost,
With his snowy glittering art,
Amidst his peers, plays a bright frosty part.
Frosty the Snowman,
each winter will stand on guard like a leading man.
Some whisper that at night Frosty smiles, dances and sings,
but . . . there is no denying the pure winter joy Frosty brings.
Frosty The Snowman, wished a lovely tan,
Lying for hours on the sand Mexican.
Something bizzare instead happened to him,
"Frosty is invisible", children scream.
Frosty The Snowman,
Wished a lovely tan, lying on the sand Mexican.
Something bizzare instead chappened to him,
"Frosty is invisible", children scream.
Clerihew Frosty the Snowman 12-22-25 Joseph May
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Frosty the Snowman
All dressed in white, Frosty the snowman
His Christmas wish - to have tan
He knew his wish a tanning salon he would befuddle
Poor Frosty now just a yellow tan puddle.
frosty was a happy snowman
had a carrot nosed wife named ann
together they had a little snowball
who was only one and a half feet tall.
frosty had a button for a nose
and had a magic hat so it goes
as he sung and as he danced
all the children became entranced.
he ran hollering through the town
and was laughing like a silly clown
he went up the hills and across the snow
and where he ended up, nobody knows.
but rumour has it he was followed out of town
by the grinch who was wearing a frown
the grinch is so mean, and has no soul
was said, to have kicked frosty in the ice hole.
Frosty the Snowman
Really a no man
Biological failure
No genitalia
Frosty the Snowman wore a jaunty hat,
He danced on the lawn and tipped his old cat.
He said, “I will melt, but not today!”
Then he slid down the hill, or so they say.
Frosty begged his nose to blaze bright red,
Rudolph’s famed legend had gone to his head.
One night he stole a coal from desire's fire —
By dawn, his dream for glory became a quagmire.
The very famous snowman named Frosty
was really a romantic old softy.
But when he wooed a snow sprite
who looked a lot like Snow White,
their romance got so frisky and naughty!
On a frosty winter's eve
as snowflakes swirled in the air
She suddenly realised she was lost
This sure did give her a scare
A while back, she had made a wrong turn
Now the snowflakes covered her tracks
For the warmth of a fireplace, she yearned
As the cold winds blew her scarf back
But then she heard a voice
Calling out her name
They had come searching for her
She felt so glad that they came
She soon felt the warmth of a fireplace
A joy and warmth of which to cleave
A smile lit up her face
On this frosty winter's eve
One frosty winter's eve
In the silence of the night
Under the glow of the moon
In glittery delight
There's sounds of shuffling tiny feet
In the blades of green that crinkle
And captured in a sea of black pearls
Are joyous reflections of celestial twinkle.
A special dance commences
In the Field Mouse Winter Ball.
Squeaky songs and scratchy steps...
An entertaining eve for all.
As per their tradition,
Before the occasion has ended,
They surround the patch of frozen puddles
With all whom they've befriended.
They pair up and take their turn
To grace themselves on ice.
Then they vote amongst themselves
The winning winter field mice.
An hour or two before first light
They bid fur well and goodbye.
Then scurry home to their safe place
Before hungry predators swirl the sky.
When they feel they cannot venture
Their sorrow they relieve
By reminiscing about the fun they had
On one frosty winter's eve.
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