Farewell Snow Poems

a frozen aria
an angry sparrow
barking at winter


a frozen farewell
a snowflake coating
on fallen feathers


the snow drifts
an unmoving breaker
patiently poised


an icicle threatens
the dallying drips
that give it life


a...

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a translucent glow
flows, as the year disappears
in december snow

12/28/22...

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Thor betrayed the command of Odin
So he could kill all of the Yo'dens

With his very own crew
He used his hammer too

Till Odin came swiftly wide...

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September sings her thrills with chills and frills
	her fondest farewell to salty Summer
	her eager embrace of advancing Autumn
	her seduction of fragrant foliage 

September sings her...

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Flurries of snowflakes swirl down, 
Magical and mesmerising ~
The world has turned white, 
Chilly breeze blows through bare branches, 
Better to stay warm by the...

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My ears hear the music of chiffon. 
A white satin curtain of snow 
billowing in the breeze. 
The avalanche is vertical, 
snow falling from the...

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Once winter comes
  it settles in
Hugs the ground
  a second skin

Thick blanket of snow
  uncovered 'til Spring
Puddles iced over
  biting wind...

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Mattressed fall skies surround naked framed trees--the coming of old man winter...

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Haiku Variations
by Michael R. Burch

This is a poem composed of haiku-like stanzas:


Variations on the Seasons I
by Michael R. Burch

Lift up your head
dandelion,
hear spring roar!

How will...

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geese migrating south
heading for warmer climates ~
honk and hink farewell 

white frost at daybreak 
sparkles as the sun rises ~
warm breath creates fog

an ice blizzard...

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Winter
by Michael R. Burch
 
The rose of love's bright promise
lies torn by her own thorn;
her scent was sweet
but at her feet
the pallid aphids mourn.
 
The...

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light and powdery...
 touch of snow... Old Man Winter 
    won't you please let go......

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A chill ...
Not on skin - to marrow
If but for the frigid air
A horrid pattern would trace my cheek
Though not nearly as horrid
As the one...

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Snow falls upon my father’s distant grave.
The disconcerting thing is, I can see it!
He neither was a humble man, nor brave,
Yet all his good –...

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Thorns about the snow 

Cantilever tombstones
Gathered in a row
Broken bits of someone else’s deed

Weeds are overgrown 
Thorns about the snow
Endless come the struggles as you...

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