Winter Nonet Poems

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snow
dances
and floats down
white haze backdrop
filling the window
romantic fantasies
sleigh rides and hot chocolate
childhood dreams of fun and frolic
the earth is covered in white beauty
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It came softly upon midnight's breath,
turning seasons from green to white,
bringing the pre-dawn sparrows
to chirp a wistful tune...
nestled securely
on, around, and 
in-between
winter's
chill
...

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She shivers under a thick blanket 
twisted limbs seeking sympathy 
she envisions twinkling lights 
and the cinnamon scent 
of Christmas candles 
watching lovers’ 
mistletoe 
kisses...

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Blazing guns have a way with the weight
of words, when you're caught in between
green fields of summer and thorns, 
Much of the soul follows 
the...

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 As she dances to a frosty tune
 Her wintry smile is cold as ice,
 She waltzes midst leafless trees -
 They shiver at her...

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The 
greatest 
gift of all
cannot be seen 
but felt deep within 
like a blow of warm wind 
on a freezing winter snow 
that melts the...

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Veiled behind a curtain of white flakes
Fall's scant sun fails to show its face.
And while charcoal clouds gather,
snowflakes begin to fall
down on naked trees,
as colored...

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Blooming since temperate days of Fall
fragrant red roses were frozen
wearing sugar shawls of snow
gelid crimson petals
beneath a blanket
of winter white
slumbering 
draped in
frost
Laced
flowers
shrouded in
crystalline ice
swaddled the...

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"I heard a bird singing in the morn' on a bitter 
cold winter day-  it was so sweet and magical."

    ...

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It came softly upon midnight's breath,
turning seasons from green to white,
bringing the pre-dawn sparrows
to chirp a wistful tune...
nestled securely
on, around, and 
in-between
winter's
chill.
...

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Written: December 14, 2023, For Ink Empress Contest
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Sipping from nature's cynosure duct
as...

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The rote shivery wind is Winter's maid—
she breaks heart to own the season's floor;
via frost's degrees in my throat,
while my glean lancet's chills burn.
I tape...

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 Nature seems to languish in winter
 Trees bare it all as snowflakes fall
 Bird fly south to warmer climes
 Yet all hope is not...

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Maples splash paint in yellows and reds:
rivals competing on game day.
Southern woods in November:
color and pageantry
in glorious waves.
Ultimately,
winter wins.
So goes
fall.

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for the A November Nonet Poetry...

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November is a 'just waiting' month
waiting for lovely Fall to end
and for Winter to begin
still, November is nice
with beautiful scenes
and gentle winds
sometimes rain
and bird
songs

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November...

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