January Personification Poems

If January was a person,
they would be a force of nature.
Relentless and unforgiving,
but also, beautiful and full of life.

January would be the type of person
who...

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Written to acknowledge National Peanut Butter Day, January 23rd
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I am but a mere jar of peanut butter

sitting on a shelf
because mostly that's
where I tend to...

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Fishing Holiday

A kingfisher sitting on the old harbour wall
Listening to the geese from the mud flats call
I'm here for some sea fishing until after the...

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No pretty coloured feathers 
I always dress in black
To some I’m a bad omen
so sad folk often think that
I have the largest bird brain
I mate...

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As pet dog in the Tropics
Blessed am I by God to enjoy life
Clothed with two seasons:
Dry or summer months, and wet or rainy days…

Exposed to...

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I am a blue Swallow.  I was born in the late summer, and
my parents taught me everything they could before leaving
me to fend...

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I, Squirrel, now await the coming Spring;
as the ground thaws, my hunt for nuts begins.
To life's sweet treasures, happily, I cling;
from Spring, through Summer, Fall-...

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Armed by protective sensibility
I offer my warming security
Around loving protective certainty
Insured with comfortable serenity.

I’m your mittens, full of vibrant beauty
Ready to fulfill my granted duty
Prepared...

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Standing for freedom’s supremacy
Legitimately granted to be enjoyed
I am the "Freedom Pub*"
Tenaciously upholding what I believe is lawful
Anchored by the Constitution 
Which strongly buttresses this...

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“Autumn leaves don’t fall; they fly. They take their time and wander on this, their only chance to soar.”      ...

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*Image of Tea & More by EverPic.

The Mettle of Mom's Kettle

Dear mother's tea kettle.
She purges impurities daily.
She satisfies it with freshness.
Encounters gained exponentially.
She alights the...

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Hear my plea… consider truth’s earnestness
Bringing to your ear this factual soundness:
I’m Hell --- a prison of endless darkness
Where misery’s gloom prevails in blackness
Due to...

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Dear January.

I don't deny that there are days of beauty;
days of temperate tones and warm blue skies.
I don't think I'm confused; so allow me a...

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A blossom I’ll be on the wreaths for peace
An offering to deity to feed world’s hungry
I’ll be the garden on every troubled street
Preening as gleefully...

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On a frosty opaque day in windy winter 
I, an old defoliated tree denied the sky and the soil 
by the young aggressive ones spreading...

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