Winter Villanelle Poems

the winter blues has a grip on me, all so tight 
   Its icy tentacles wrap around me and squeezes
   freezing...

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You are locked away in a frozen mist
Your hand once warm upon my knee, my phantom limb—
the sky atop your shoulders I kissed.

You were never...

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Its a cold December and there is reason to believe
The establishment wants the homeless dead 
No fire no embers, each and all of us grieve...

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Hear the song that angels sing tonight
A Child is born amid the winter snow
Come to Him who bears Heaven’s delight.

Come, poor shepherds, to the Son...

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Soundless words, pierce, then flow
Like the wind, whose story God wrote
Restless dreams whisper their glow

Joy stirs the music, the songs who know
He restores souls with...

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There's an earthiness to each scented breeze,
and a warm caress in the Sun's embrace,
unveiling the telltale signs of Spring's tease.

The ice melts as rivers slowly...

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By your ink on this parchment, my thoughts tattooed
I'm drawn to this bouquet; I am left so madly.
Fields of blazing stars, lying randomly, strewed

Happiest are...

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Cold is coming and we must get ready,
winter is creep, creeping closer each day;
the pure white snow falling like confetti.

Weather stations say snow will...

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The cold winter day he left us behind
A last spark of light would fade from his eyes
Now he can have back his body and mind

To...

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I love riding in an old-fashioned sleigh
Tightly bundled against the frosty air,
A fine snowy winter evening getaway.

The two of us snuggling giddy and gay,
Enjoying ourselves...

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Ballerina	

A dainty dancer statue graces a busy pathway
Grace on perfect point for all to see
Heaven’s music beats in her heart every day

Clear crystal happiness begs...

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In my row of bushes remains one rose
not wilted yet nearby the garden bed -
Last rose of fall in beautiful repose.

Roses tend to perish when...

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 "snow touches with love the forest trees and fields,
and every single thing with his cold fingers, and covers them all with
a white blanket, whispering,...

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It's here- that special time of year- once more,
when autumn leaves bid their farewell to trees
to spread bright cheer o'er summer's old decor.

The velvet green...

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Rugged mountain peaks are now snow-capped
Wintry weather creeps down with passing days,
The lips on the blossoms are faded and chapped.

Many of the larger critters are...

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