Winter Quintain (English) Poems

In foggy winter of mistrust,
To warm up heart in hope of sun,
To dry my nagging doubts to dust,
Scorch misunderstandings in June,
I waited with hope till...

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As fuchsia clouds caress a saffron sky,
   like pastel pillows in the eventide
and bid this weary winter day goodbye,
   I sit...

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The wheel of time makes seasons come and go
The touch of their fleeting footfall I feel
Through my life’s meadow they all saunter slow  
Their...

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Christmas is a special time of the year
Where world-wide’s grandiose feasts swell
People cook, decorate overwhelmingly and cheer
Spirit of love, hope, joy and sharing dwell
Family and...

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My arbored vines were frozen since mid-December.
The seasonal chill, no one is able to tame,
but my red winter roses, planted in September,
have profusely budded and...

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Autumn is the fall from life
Winter is the death of life
Spring the resurrection 
Summer is the life 

In the auburn  autumn there can be...

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The star shone in their fiercest manner
for today the birth of a night's illumina
our love was soft until the pang went gaga
shall i then hold...

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When the weather outside is cold and drab
A steady drizzle will often turn to snow,
Then I’d choose not to walk … I’d call a cab,
But...

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A surprise snow coaxed night to rare twilight
snowflakes found leaves in quiet midnight air
I will forever remember this sight:
fallen snow--a gentle Christmas prayer--
and a hush...

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The wind whipped through the vale that winter night;
he hunkered down, his watch to keep.
A solitary star gave off its light;
oblivious, the sheep
lulled by their...

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I am longing for the spring and panting like a thirsty deer 
too many days have past since I last felt the sun 
beneath anemic...

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In the frosty boudoir of the winter
The fireplace's blaze seems dancing.
Legs and arms move hastily to hinder.
Hands and shoulders are swiveling.
As if there was a...

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Winter's Wishes

Winter broods upon a nest
With weathered sighs
Icy solstice in hibernation rests
A wish upon Orion's stars flies
For Aurora's dancing dawns to reply

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Contest: Winter Quintain
Spo0nsor: Francine...

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A light frosting of snow gently falls
The beauty amazes me from my front door
With each season nature calls
A splendid array of things that do lure
To...

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