Winter Rictameter Poems

"Life can get in the way of life. Make sure you stir in lots of love and happiness." 
By Poet

My life
recipe for
a long and happy...

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Hope for
Winter to soon
Recede to the arctic
In warm zephyr songbirds fly back
Colors burst on blooming beauty of buds
Charmed butterflies float in fragrance
Bare boughs be green...

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Legacy

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Longing,
for mossy banks
to erupt - spring flowers.
Daffodils, tulips, and snowdrops
like magic from the earth will reappear.
Every year, as the seasons turn,
when winter snow recedes,
the world...

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Groundhog
Poke your head up
Tell us all spring is soon
The cold roared in like a lion
So farewell winter like a little lamb
Surface for warm air and...

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Spring's back!

With pollution,
bio waste, climate change,
I'm always sure we've seen our last

It's cold for longer and longer each year
and each year, I think, "This is...

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Snowed in,
I yearn for Spring's
return; as a warm breeze
Her breath will melt the ice and snow,
exchanging Winter's white for colored blooms.
And my hope's that She'll...

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Again
with snow on me
I awake from my sleep
the warmth from the big yellow sun
brings pretty flowers peeking their heads out
birds start to sing joy to...

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She weeps
as the winds whip.
The weary woman waits,
wishing winter's wrath would weaken,
wondering when winsome weather might wake.
Then warm rains wipe her wintry wounds
as wisps of...

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Winter Spirals

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love stays

               when trees in fall

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Solstice,
sign of Summer’s 
steamy red-hot realm of
searing sun and pool-side fun. Yet,
even as the heat waves strengthen, each day’s
shadows slowly lengthen, sowing
seeds that grow to...

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Christmas.
Holly, ivy,
Fur tree and candy canes.
Lashings of gravy, turkey crown,
Baked sticky pudding, helpings of mince pies.
Crackers, charades, family fun,
Candlelit mass, carols.
Joyful smiles this…
Christmas.

Contest: A Red-Letter...

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winter
blizzard coming
snow and ice all around
seasonal loveliness is here
dainty diamond-like twinkles, pretty ice
religious holidays and cheer
the ground frozen solid
blizzard is here
winter...

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Winter -
the shortest day
begins the coldest time
of this earth's well defined seasons,
and hibernation settles where needed
until the sun returns again
to mark a new season
and warm...

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