Long Snowsuits Poems

Conflicted, dressed like a Santa Claus, Ed ponders the magical delight of Christmas time.   Is it only for Christians, or can it be for him too?  He likes this time of year,...

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w I n d
      swinging heavy with flakes
winter's underbelly chilling fingers and toes

on a Kyiv hill
in wounded wisps of snow
two small girls in boxy blue snowsuits
    ...

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A walk in the winter
How I missed this
Evergreens with light fresh snow laced on all the branches
pine needles fall
Feel that blustery wind kiss
Arctic enchantment
There is nothing else like this
The wind stands all your hair on...

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Mistleaneous
			
			Children waiting, contemplating;			
			tree lightings; reindeer sightings;			
			decorations; toy donations; 
			food galore; help feed the poor;		
			evergreen; Nativity scene;
			cookies baking; baby's waking;
	    		Church at midnight; candles bright;
		 	presents wrapped; wallet's tapped!
			Lights out; Santa's about;
			each door...

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I stood on a wheat-grassed hill,
It's crest a overpass.
Pine rows below overgrown.
Forming into forest behind.
My childhood grounds.

Three boys, friends in time
Winter of "78"
When clouds dropped heavy
Deep covering, white cold
Draging sleds, overstuffed
In snowsuits.

The boys used this...

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I stood on a wheat-grassed hill,
It's crest a overpass.
Pine rows below overgrown.
Forming into forest behind.
My childhood grounds.

Three boys, friends in time
Winter of "78"
When clouds dropped heavy
Deep covering, white cold
Draging sleds, overstuffed
In snowsuits.

The boys used this...

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Rugged mountain peaks are now snow-capped
Wintry weather creeps down with passing days,
The lips on the blossoms are faded and chapped.

Many of the larger critters are sadly trapped,
For they have not adjusted to our urban ways
Rugged...

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It was supposed to be
A simple snowshoe expedition
Nothing glamorous or too exciting
But the day started out magnificent
Gloriously sunny and mild
Ideal for newbies and amateurs
It felt like a girl guide outing
Average age was ten
The trail was...

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Christmas snow began falling in earnest 
Before the children awoke
And many were up by five

Squeals and delight filled homes
as they noted the fast snow from their
picture windows,

Presents took a backseat as nature
provided them with the...

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Winter rhapsody, the snowflakes  ascending slowly,.
Reaching the rooftops and houses.

Winter rhapsody, pedestrians in their winter clothes,
Warm  caps  snowsuits ,coats and boots,

Winter rhapsody, a horse drawn sleigh riding through the pioneer village,
You could...

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gravitating together,
       children - puffy fat in snowsuits - grasp 
                 one another's...

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Gearing up to what should be magical
Special winter to be a first of firsts
Brand spanking new at the grand-parent thing
Marshmallow snowsuits, sleighs and Santa Claus
First fluffy snowflakes falling from above
The Christmas tree lit up with...

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Winter Is Here

Winter has come! (The season for fun)
Sing with cheer to those near,
“Bring out the boots and tuques,
Parkas and scarfs, mitts and snowsuits,
And long underwear,
And other paraphernalia of gear.
Winter is here!”

Snowflakes appear, falling out...

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Hey! THE SNOW THE SNOW...
When all the family is in tow
and can we go out and frolic? No! 
For cold it be and sick we might
so we stay inside, scared with fright.
BUT THEN - an...

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I wake to see
A sea of white
Laid upon us during the 
Night 
Heavily bearing weight 
On the limbs 
Brisk are the winter winds 
Dancing flakes on window the trims 
A wonderland to delight our eyes...

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Spring and winter are wrestling with March
One day it is seventy-two and almost balmy
By that evening we are in danger of getting frostbite
For two days we are running around in shorts.

The third day has us...

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