Winter LoomsBleak transient clouds descend
in skies mournful attire,
removing yesterday's fragrance
of nature's gentle dance,
lullabies swept away by
Winters deluge of darkness,
while tomorrow sleeps in
Springs shadow bereft of desire.
Winter has arrived but I will not
see or feel its harshness or
wear the seasons beauty upon
my roseless cheeks
as she whistles her
tunes without me.
I mourn not for I...
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Categories:
death, nature, winter,
Form: Free verse
ThawI have a heart too warm
for a body of snow.
My torso went out first—
The buttons before my chest
dropped into the soil.
One by one, they stripped me tenderly.
—I feel exposed.
My limbs were the next to leave—
Technically I only had
arms that once traced words in frost.
The damp branches—they landed right beside me.
I couldn’t reach them, of...
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Categories:
winter, art, fate, memory, snow,
Form: Free verse
7 B's Of Summer
Spring is sprawling
out there somewhere
in a Bikini on a Beach
drinking Beer
toes in the sand
glass in hand
while snowflakes are falling
and winter's still here
then when good old
sunny summer comes
(and swallows do too)
oh to go Barefoot
in a Boat on the sea
Barbecue in the garden
play Ball in the park
fun in the sun 'til evening twilight
lowers the night a curtain...
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Categories:
winter, boat, humorous, sea, spring,
Form: Rhyme
A Christmas Wish
May your annual commemoration
of the winter solstice
with one of the Earth's poles
at its maximum tilt from the sun
be abundant with innumerable manifestations
of felicity friends good food and fun
and may the next full circuit
of the ecliptic engender
a propensity toward
bestowing plenteousness too
and may unparalleled prosperity
be forthcoming
and settle like snowflakes
gently upon you
...
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Categories:
winter, christmas, fun, humorous, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Cold Deathwinter came early
it was freezing in the mountains
no shelter meant death
...
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Categories:
winter, death, nature, snow, storm,
Form: Senryu
Winter Blues
There's a hint
of winter in the evening air
as the autumn days
dwindle down to a golden few
but I'm looking forward to
spring and all it will bring
when the whole wide world
is reborn anew
and then with summer
just around the corner
to see me through
I'm thinking of
early mornings with you
to meet the sun
and how a daydream or two
for now will...
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Categories:
fun, summer, weather, winter,
Form: Rhyme
the winter bluesthe winter blues has a grip on me, all so tight
Its icy tentacles wrap around me and squeezes
freezing my fingers and toes with its nasty frostbite
staving off the cold is a battle, an endless fight
it brings forth an assortment of nasty...
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Categories:
winter,
Form: Villanelle
Lakeside Chill on Winter Morn
The dank cold chill
stills the dawn
to forlorn quietude,
as the day hopes
in vain for
summer rays to
lift eyelids awake
to a warm break of day.
Shorebirds huddle
out of the shadows
to catch the glimmer
of weak light rays
that trickle onto
the sand flats.
Syrupy waves ripple
the lake's surface
trying their best
to make the best of
the frigid situation,
with the scene
blanketed...
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Categories:
winter,
Form: Free verse
A Seasonal AffairA frigid spell of arctic air
adorns the tranquil western scene;
a stunning glimpse of fall’s affair
with spring’s vivacious flower queen.
When autumn’s cooling wind combines
with April's warming playful breeze,
a whirling tempest paints designs
on grounds of winter’s icy freeze.
On sculptured hills of milky snows
October's tepid finger strolls,
and May's...
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Categories:
winter, autumn, beauty, change, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Dark Steel DaySkies of gray
Skies of gloom
Storm clouds say
Bringing doom
Dark steel day
Blustering winds
Turmoil cloud
Sleeting sends
Hail stones loud
Dark steel day
Storm surrounds
Gale force wind
Beating down
Without end
Dark steel day
Icy air
Breath of steam
No despair
Just winter’s dream
Dark steel day
Storms they rise
Then they go
No surprise
If you know
Dark steel day
Dark steel days ahead and behind
Dark steel days on my mind
Dark steel days good and...
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Categories:
winter, emotions, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
RAIN SHINE
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rain shine so divine
sprinkle blessings kissings wet ~
feet in leather boots
~~~~~~
Rain-shine sound patter
mad hatter
Alice lost in whimper drops
coatless with Rabbi Rabbit
ruling
...
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Categories:
winter, earth, environment, imagery, imagination,
Form: Other
Salad Days
I don't know
where iceberg lettuce
winter squash
or snow peas grow
but it seems to me
it's not down there
in Antarctica
where and when it's freezing below
which only goes to show
pointing out if not advising
there's bait and switch in the pitch
and no truth to their advertising
...
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Categories:
winter, food, fun, humorous, silly,
Form: Rhyme
FIREPLACE
Categories:
winter, fire, fun, love, together,
Form: Lanterne
winter of discontentWinter of Discontent
Cloudiness has settled in the sky
An act of unpalatable truth of the kind
A summer sun easily hides
Old dwellings are full of cracks
Sagging roofs and dust on the windowsill
Pot-holed roads, dry as clay, lead from
From doom to the gloom of routines
Nothing changes; life is an endless struggle
Spring is far away
Then,...
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Categories:
winter, absence, adventure, age,
Form: ABC
Issa Translations IIThese are English translations of Issa haiku about the seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter.
Autumn wind ...
She always wanted to pluck
the reddest roses
?Kobayashi Issa translation by Michael R. Burch
Issa wrote the haiku above after the death of his daughter Sato with the note: “Sato, girl, 35th day, at the grave.”
In this world where I was born
every...
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Categories:
winter, autumn, rose, spring, stars,
Form: Haiku
Specific Types of Winter Poems
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