Is there a time to forget worries
and please the senses
with a temporary fix?
Who tried this new trick?
My long wait
is a test of unbearable patience,
does anyone see this rush?
I've been burned by an insane crush!
Winter's evenings call for light,
we shiver hiding from fright;
no urge to throw snowballs,
they can wait until fear stops.
We all want a reward,
but often we srike the wrong cord;
we frighten and spoil
the song calling it quits,
killing all the wits,
ammusing a throll!
My long wait
is a dreadful threat,
It'll last until sunset;
I'll be a wreck!
An amazing perching songbird,
the males are bright, lively and striking to see,
a splash of color in Canada's winter snow.
Can survive in the coldest of temperatures somehow,
to sing beautiful whistling songs
repeated over and over from a bare tree top.
another foot of snow
the growing girl at the playground
laughs on her tongue, a
surface for the
cold
when blue the nerves in her teeth
another foot of snow
where she could disappear
it follows her footsteps by footsteps
how deeply the snow's
touched
it melts and becomes her skin
Sapphic Poetry 10-22-24
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Winter
Winter breathes a fantasy into morning.
Wreaths of icy crystalline drift through gardens.
Snowflakes dance a rhapsody over meadows
Wonderland divine...
Flurries chant their signatures at the daybreak,
Swirling wonder, shimmering crystal magic.
Falling silver serenades sing in plainsong -
Seasonal carols…
Solstice cycle symphonies float like diamonds.
Jewels of the jubilee capture sunlight.
Barren landscapes murmuring transformations -
Miracles abound.
Gloomy winter has began,
it will deprive us of freedom,
be ready to greet boredom;
every sad look agrees it can!
Bears are lucky, they go into lethargy,
humans are awake and experience a long solitude;
Tic-Tac and Twitter will keep kids busy,
adults will do their chores with decreased fortitude!
In spring everything sounds merry like Mary,
stop by her small cottage and hear her singing;
she hands dainty flowers to anyone who's listening:
the catch, of course, is a contribution to her charity!
Gloomy winter has began, trees lose their leaves,
flowers their beauty, birds migrate to southern places;
although we like snow: we prefer warm weather,
not much we can do inside, but read the local paper!
I'll free my robin from the cage, he'll follow his buddies;
he loved summer and ate lots of bugs and warbled happily;
sadly, I will confine myself to the creation of new poetry:
Roxy, the golden retriever, will feed and watch her puppies!
winter sonata
small feathered friend's happy song
blue skies uplifting
A Winter Rose 2-1-24
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A Winter Rose
A pale rose blooms through winter’s breath,
Perfume born from a mystic place,
Shivering blossom shines through grey
Enfolded in the Spirit’s grace.
Touched by sighs of the Morning Star
Rose wears crystals of frosty lace,
Rises beyond a crown of thorns
Enfolded in the Spirit’s grace.
Though petals droop with solstice spells
Profane bedlam of ice erased
Dewy buds chant a cradle psalm
Enfolded in the Spirit’s grace.
A pale rose blooms through winter’s breath,
Enfolded in the Spirit’s grace.
winter serenade
winter serenade
frozen crystal melodies ~
red cardinal chants
leafless boughs sing out
arias of roaring storms ~
snowdrops harmonize
blasts of icy frost
chanting plaintive elegies ~
daphne flowers bloom
short days intone night
with a solstice lullaby ~
fir trees wear white stoles
shadows of springtime
creep into amber twilights ~
bears snore rhythmic dreams
1-18-23
Syllables checked with www.howmanysyllables
laughing breeze, sighing
peace whispering, enchanting ~
winter’s breath, singing
Winter Nature Themed Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin
Checked by HowManySyllables.com
December 6, 2022
La Boheme Series Haiku — Mimi Dies
songs call love ~
bread with wine beg warmth ~
too late come some chances granted
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(c)sally young eslinger 6/2022
Thanks be to God
With hugs, dear Puccini
Winter Spirals
spirals
of grey waves foam
splash upon rocky shores,
winter tides croon bleak serenades
to the blinded eyes of dull cirrus clouds
while homeless impotent rain storms
try to catch cold sea spray -
white caps cresting
spirals
2-10-22
Contest: Give Me a Rictameter
Sponsor: M.L. Kiser
while
soft snowflakes swirl down
wintry wind whirls through white trees
cool cardinal croons
01.16.2022
Syllables counted with howmanysyllables.com
For Tania Kitchin's "Winter Haiku" contest
Lacy snow crystals like a cozy duvet
Cover the ground in winter splendor,
I hear the Christmas carols as they play
On my front lawn, carolers; I will render
Hot chocolate from a local vendor.
written December 11, 2021
especially for "Winter Quintain" poetry contest
sponsored by Francine Roberts
from where does the winter wind blow?
Arctic, Norway, or states below?
to shower snow and winter chill,
then from here to where does it go?
lumps of loose snow from white trees spill,
as rows of cypress climb up hill,
Robins twitter their red chests out,
from wooden fence near old wind mill!
lone heron waits, a one leg scout,
on freezing lake with coloured trout,
time it will be soon to migrate,
across mountain peaks far about!
few floundering leaves still debate,
changing seasons, their unknown fate,
winter winds ensnare them in snow,
to pile them amongst garden waste.
dazzling winter has morning glow,
how it speeds past! doesn’t it slow?
from where it came we do not know,
wherever it goes, let it go!!
5th Placement
Written 10/10/2021
8 syllables each line
aaba bbcb ccdc ddad aaaa rhyme
last stanza mono rhyme
Angel L V sponsored
Interlocking Rubaiyat poetry contest!
I heard a bird singing
As I was on my way
It led direction for me
As it took my breath away
It warbled cheerfully,
From a tree above the snow
It spread its song gleefully,
What kind of bird, I wanted to know
I heard a bird singing
Its melody surrounded me
I turned in circles bringing,
Each note closer, to be free
It sounded like spring, in winter
A happy, fresh new start
Helping to release the splinter
And heal the pain within my heart
Heidi Sands
2/22/20
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