Day Snow Poems

blue jays and woodpeckers
frequent the feeders today

in turn with smaller species
that visit all day all the time

my camera tripod stands on
a window sill with a...

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Stretching forward, 
To test the ice,
I pull back, 
Scared the ice may fracture, 

Scared I might fall into, 
The cold dark, dreamless, 
Abyss below. 

Turning...

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The day is a gray one and bitter cold
Wind slapping my face piercingly bold
The snow is icy white, the top layer is hard
My forced footsteps...

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Living in Florida where flowers throughout the year routinely grow
I was intrigued by a picture from up north…
someone painted flowers on the snow.

It was there…I...

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Cloud covers swept over us
Receded then came again
I looked at the lulls and gusts
Then gripping the wheels refrain

Signs loomed out of the darkness,
Warning of “potholes...

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Amid the jagged boughs of the paperback maple,
Sturdy, snow-resistant pallid often peeling trunk
I mostly admired the green trees in the winter cold
I rested on a...

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Free from the frigid grip of winter's blow  
we enter a time of hay fevers and colds
Though April showers help the flowers grow ...

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A cabin in the woods, just you and I
Big white fluffy snowflakes falling from the sky
The morning lasts all day, the clock is standing still
The...

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There’s a blizzard outside
Wanna’ go for a ride?
With toboggans and sleighs
And drifts that amaze

So we bundle up tight
And head out with delight
The winds are so...

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Morning with snow

It had been a cold, clear night, moonlight on icy soil
towards dawn, it clouded over, snow fell soundlessly
shielded the glittering glass of broken...

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  I mark the retreat
    with unrestrained glee
  Every day I wake up to see
    the snow...

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Inspired by the unending love my grandparents had for each other and a story of one of their winter dates.

On this cloudy winter day, 
the...

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No one predicted snow yesterday
but it came down heavy anyway.

Backyard birds sheltered
under any shelter they could.

Later that day
I put cleats on my boots
and duck-walked out
across...

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January…new year, new me.
Met you and now I’m happy. 
We watched the ball drop and kissed at midnight.


My February Valentine
hearts and flowers because you’re mine
as...

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Go ahead snow, have at it
Fall away 
There's a woman who I Iove 
And I want to see the day
When we both sit and watch...

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