a frosty five
...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...
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Categories:
snowshoe, snow, winter,
Form: Haiku
Majestic Furball
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I was born in a cave den with seven other kittens in the Fall,
born blind and helpless but my nose could sense my mom;
all I wanted to do was nestle close and drink her sweet milk,...
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Categories:
snowshoe, cat, snow,
Form: Personification
The Fox
...The Fox
Sly fox with pointed ears upright
With snout twitching and lips smirking,
And crafty eyes intently watching
For prey location revealing.
White chest and cheeks in a red fur co...
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Categories:
snowshoe, animal, nature,
Form: Verse
That Was Random
...There are actual people
half woman half man
running mornings and
dream people in movies
half language half light.
Tomorrow is John’s funeral.
* * *
This is my minute
my moment
Oops...
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Categories:
snowshoe, angel, death, dream, river,
Form: Free verse
The Snowshoe Hare
...The cream esteem my winter coat,
a mink nearby agrees,
temptation wiles beyond the gloat,
a warming gentle breeze.
The juggernaut that Arctic blinds,
the absence of my food,
of ba...
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Categories:
snowshoe, animal, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Yule
...Shortest day, longest night
Celebration of light
Glistening ice and snow
Temperatures low
Bare trees
Ponds freeze
Dress warm
Long sleeve uniform
Cardigans and sweatshirts
Goodbye mini s...
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Categories:
snowshoe, blessing, december, international, joy,
Form: Rhyme
Snow Prints
...Pure and pristine
layers upon layers accumulate on the scene,
cold winds blowing, sifting, drifting, serene;
the sun rising high with little warm
blinding brilliance after the storm
the land...
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Categories:
snowshoe, allusion,
Form: Rhyme
Forest Storm
...bitter snow blizzard
winter winds whisper warnings ~
snowshoe hare forages
( this poem on PS syllable counter is 17 syllables and 18 on howmanysyllables.com. I posted it as is due to the imagery...
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Categories:
snowshoe, nature, winter,
Form: Haiku
Dying Embers
...frigid moonless night
snowshoe prints quickly covered
embers die slowly...
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Categories:
snowshoe, dark, imagery, winter,
Form: Haiku
Spring Break Up
...It is an impressive break up.
The maestro conducts a symphony that
crushes eardrums with locomotive rumbling,
thumping, bumping, and dumping
of large chunks of cracking, crackling
crystalline...
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Categories:
snowshoe, animal, break up, environment,
Form: Free verse
long night moon
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cold moon horizon
omniscient orb delays dawn ~
snowshoe hare shivers
(December Full Moon – Mohican)...
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Categories:
snowshoe, animal, imagery, moon, native
Form: Haiku
We Call Him Tommy
...We Call Him “Tommy”
We have a lovely Tom cat
He lives most out of doors
I wondered if they kick him out
Because he loudly snores
If I had a lovely “Snowshoe”
I wouldn’t let him out to roam
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Categories:
snowshoe, cat, death of a
Form: Rhyme
The Forest Has Eyes
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It was dusk when she came slowly across the snow,
dusk was in moments and she was ready;
her big snowshoe feet made her steps steady,
her eyes saw a rabbit and she crept forward low.
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Categories:
snowshoe, animal, nature,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Snowshoe Adventure
...It was supposed to be
A simple snowshoe expedition
Nothing glamorous or too exciting
But the day started out magnificent
Gloriously sunny and mild
Ideal for newbies and amateurs
It felt like a ...
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Categories:
snowshoe, adventure, fire, nature, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Whiteness Contest
...Sea caps, white, shadows
Fin, cutting above surface
White caps part, Great White
Herons calling out
Congregating over cove
A gaggle of clouds
Eagle soars a...
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Categories:
snowshoe, nature,
Form: Haiku
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