Winter Imagery Poems

By Michael Parker

At the end of the street lies the sky
dressed in the purple magician's robe
of eventide and the winter storm.

Tonight, she sculpts stairs of...

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snow d
                  u  
   ...

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So there I was, right next to you
Thoughts ran through my mind
Wondering could it be true
Did I just really find
The perfect fitting blue jeans?
The perfect...

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Bonding with Nature

Early Sunday morning; 
nature rattling at the front door!
I accept the invitation to bond,
stepping out with nothing more in tow
than an upturned collar
and...

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     weathering Wales in bleak winter is hard
 
though starred sheep remain sleek

taverns roaring fires a feat
 
making Celtic maidens sweet...

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Winter Withers

…… its way into the woods
and waits….and wonders….and watches
until…. No-one is looking.
Suddenly, an ally boorishly introduces itself,
an iced-sliced wind to quiver-shiver
the woods’ most tender...

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Coming back home, after a long stint south,
I passed the blue sign on the turnpike that reads

“Massachusetts Welcomes You.”

Under the “Welcomes,” some Mayflower blooms,
And a...

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Placed 1st in Contest 


rain shine so divine 
sprinkle blessings kissings wet ~ 
feet in leather boots
     ...

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          looking 
         worse for wear
  ...

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"Lingering leaves of gold
frolic in the autumn wind,"
Swept up by bygone breezes,
already collapsing
before they begin,
As disillusionment clouds an overtired soul—

Misplaced and irretrievable
To a society that...

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“Tea”

Steam pouring forward, perhaps captured with the cold air of time
To be forgotten and lost
Blown away too quick to be tangible
Gentle momentum but me
Not so

Not...

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Take it
And
Feed it tears shed in a lion's embrace
After 
Bathe it in light bred in an empty tomb 
Then
Swaddle it in crimson wool, laced with...

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A child's joy was taken at gunpoint
in a long, dark tunnel on a winter night~
as clouds drifted, whispering subconscious fears,
stirred by music played by demons,
loosed...

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It began with a bargain on a winter night,
When the cupboards were bare
And hope sat idle in the corners.


He came with frost on his collar,
A...

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alabaster  h a i l
  flees c
              u
  ...

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