Sonnet Snow Poems

On my heart, a winter swathed 
palm
Her spring flowers only right for 
When chill itself dons out windblown—
Attached there by my faithful arm.
Green there and...

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Solid dew pearls ornament the leaves
Shivering winter pushes sun into sleeves
Moon glances through the icy blizzard
Bearing it as a brave wizard

Sky waters the land with...

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“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so...

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It comes from the sky, white, powdery gifts,
upsets may, but gets us vibrating,
we call in from work, get cover for shifts,
no way we are not...

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Two rust-red tubes running up the hillside,
by the wood's edge, hidden just in the trees,
they have water, and compressed air inside,
pumped up the mountain to...

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Grab up some pine I cut up last weekend,
back creaks as I put it up on the block,
splitting maul flashes, in an arc descends,
sinks deep...

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All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are...

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vibrant green, laughing
trace of freshly mown lawns, grass
shaved to spring’s polish

tender azure, seas
alive with murmuring breeze
fireflies sing summer

kissing away leaves
dancing in bold hues, waving
dressing autumn’s...

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The snow queen, white coat, white hair.
Her daughter, black top, black jeans
A wise queen an experienced mare
Guides her naïve, know-it-all teen
 
A diagnostic chart attached...

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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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Sitting astride a frozen mountainside,
eighty others waiting their turn to go,
on the slope blue and red gates a path scribe,
a man says, “racer ready;” so...

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I’m not the girl with the Cinderella smile
exposing perfectly straight pearly teeth
so lovely birds swoop down to
perch on my finger and sing
I’m nothing as sweet...

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When the snow melts, there is joy all around,
Freshness uplifts our senses, hope is born,
Beryl scenes are once more seen on the ground,
When the snow...

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The Frigid Month of February

Winter, at its worst, cold and dreary.
When whipped-up brisk winds quake the wary,
With falling temperatures and snow:
Freezing exposed skin, fingers, and...

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Gutters are bending, everywhere dripping,
patches of snow pattern the ground in blocks.
It is tricky to walk without slipping 
on the old snow trodden. Booted, my...

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