A DRAGON'S TALE
...I placed my sword down in the snow
outside the dragon's lair
and breathed in deep the sulfur smell
that hung in the clean crisp air.
and lo' my heart was heavy
weighted down by my fear and des...
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Categories:
snowbank, 8th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Odyssey
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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 welcome." ~ Anne Bradstreet
Winter’s quick wind sl...
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Categories:
snowbank, appreciation, seasons, winter,
Form: Sonnet
In a Moment
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I will turn back the pages of my tattered life
to when I was five years old and it was my birthday
it was a cold winter day as mom and I strolled to the school
to walk my big sister home- ...
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Categories:
snowbank, childhood, memory,
Form: Verse
Pink Flamingos
...on her lawn
four pink plastic flamingos
peak above a March snowbank
twisted forms caught in forlorn evasion
beak-body contortions like wrestlers resilient
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Categories:
snowbank, cute, fun, happiness, longing,
Form: Free verse
Dead Center
...November descends delicately,
crisp, crimson-gold
landing languidly midway between
'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day'
and 'Now is the winter of our discontent'...
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Categories:
snowbank, age,
Form: Free verse
::::Snowbank::::
...thick walls overflow
crystals golden sun rays glow
ice deposits grow
Winter Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin
Syllable counter PS 5/7/5
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Categories:
snowbank, allusion, snow, winter,
Form: Haiku
Bobcat
...Large
Bobcat
peaked above
the tall snowbank
Then, it slowly walked
sat in the street
looked around,
as it
left
Heidi Sands
12/30/21...
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Categories:
snowbank, animal,
Form: Ninette
Bold
...Little boy scales the snowbank
in Spider-Man boots
stomping snow,
relentlessly
a focused performance
superboy tantrum, gushing discontent
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Categories:
snowbank, appreciation, boy, childhood, identity,
Form: Free verse
Polar Bear, I Am
...I'm a polar bear, just that.
Don't ever call me bi-polar
or I'll angrily maul you to death!
Take a good look at me;
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Categories:
snowbank, animal, humor, imagery, nature,
Form: Personification
West Coast Snow Day
...Another snowy day in paradise.
We're just not used to this stuff.
The guy trying to dig his car out by hand,
well, he doesn't look so tough.
There's a shovel by the door for all to use
but gen...
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Categories:
snowbank, snow,
Form: Rhyme
A Poet Born From Grief
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killed under the wheels of a gravel truck, January 29
that's what the headline read that day so long ago-
at noon a girl was crushed to death beneath the
rear wheels of a fully-loaded gr...
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Categories:
snowbank, life,
Form: Free verse
The Blue Eye of the Santa Sea
...Charming in his capotain, and
Christmas-red cape, alongside
His plain-costumed puritan wife.
Maritime tall masts,
Snow-capped spruce,
Blushing-white clouds.
Sailors offload merry assortment...
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Categories:
snowbank, art, christmas,
Form: Free verse
'angels Danced'
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"Angels danced the day you were born and
they wept when they welcomed you home."
Quote by - LuLoo
My mother often told me that the day my sister Suzanne was born that she
became a ...
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Categories:
snowbank, angel, death, girl, sister,
Form: Haibun
The Elf Joe
...There once was an elf named Joe
He loved to drink in the snow
He went for a ride
On Christmas, to hide
Got stuck in ...
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Categories:
snowbank, fun, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Treacherous Road Conditions
...Fog on the road, white out conditions.
Cannot see a thing; wind bats car back and forth
Sideways, as we try to advance forward.
Slap. Slap. Drive. Slap. Slap.Drive.
The windshield wipers appeared...
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Categories:
snowbank, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
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