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Winter Poems | Examples of Winter Poetry

Winter Poems - Examples of all types of winter poetry to share and read. This list of winter poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of winter poetry. This list of works about winter is an excellent resource for examples on how to write winter poems.
Premium Member Quiet Masterpiece
A merciless rhythm haunts him in the chill, indigo night thrilling scales move restlessly inside his tormented mind aching to be released. He stares outside the rippled windowpane vacuous trees are scattered shivering lifeless...Read More
Categories: angel, music, sad, winter,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Whiteness
whiteness covers all can you hear the snow it crackles under your feet...Read More
Categories: winter,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Fashionable Fall
Fashionable Fall flaunts her lustrous leaves, catwalks flowing flora with earnest ease. Haunting lullabies from the quaking trees cast chilling currents from mountain to keys. Dancing diamonds of glistening glow show skies with promise of soon-to-be snow. Sunrises and sunsets are...Read More
Categories: winter, autumn, environment, nature, seasons,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Skater on Moonlight
skater on moonlight wearing diamonds, pearls in hair fun in frosty air moonbeams for sunbeams darkly calm on frozen lake glide softly as dreams skater of starlight feeling joy that comes from peace hues stained black and white...Read More
Categories: winter, fun, moon, night, peace,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member THIS WHAT WINTER BRINGS
This is what winter brings. Depressions vines climbing its way back across the mind. Fleetingly vamping across acres of its inner shell. Cutting all the warmth that was once held within. Freezing to the inner core. A stillness spreading sadness, An...Read More
Categories: depression, seasons, weather, winter,
Form: Prose



The Lich
As the rain trickles down the cracks of my stained oak casket And it stains the fabric of my tattered shirt with the crimson paint they placed upon my lips The shifting of dirt can...Read More
Categories: winter, dark, death, deep, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Frost
Freezing conditions, the ground’s now icy white, Roads may be slippery, so take care on that hill. Oh look, Jack Frost came to visit us last night, Seeing feathery ice patterns gives me such a thrill, That drop in...Read More
Categories: winter,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member seasons
winter into spring monochrome takes on color ~ summer hastens in spring into summer fading from green to yellow ~ frenzied fruitful fall summer into fall royal gems explode in trees ~ white winter enters fall into winter colors fade to nothingness ~ spring rises...Read More
Categories: winter, autumn, color, nature, seasons,
Form: Haiku
The Last Leaf
The leaves begin to change their hue and fall, The tree's look like skeletons all spindly and tall. We run through the piled leaves, kicking them up like a cloud, The chidren all excited yelling out so loud. The...Read More
Categories: winter, autumn, beauty, childhood, seasons,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Autumnal
All blazing hues throwing ochery golden gowns Under azure blues with fluffy cotton wool clouds Temperatures in dip feeling two seasons in meld Undulations shape shift teasing ones naked eye Momentary captures seeing wildlife amidst such Natures many blooms rich...Read More
Categories: winter, autumn, beauty, color, earth,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member So
Is that the same habitual pain The one I didn’t expect To reappear once again Like fume of menthol cigarette I smoked ten thousand days ago When snow was blooming lily-white And withered leaves were whirling slow Across the dimmed...Read More
Categories: autumn, feelings, winter,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Grove of Anguish
Written: September 17, 2023 ______________________________________________________________ In the misty, morbid moors of winter mantle, Meadows lay barren in gray shades and prattle. Skies, akin to canvas, drawn with grief and woe, Skylarks seek shelter as spartan spurs stow. Wind whispers weakly, a...Read More
Categories: analogy, appreciation, tree, winter,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Winter's Bench Mark
A park bench sits empty Dawn dew dappled An unseen shiver Envious of the shaking dog Senses a loneliness Hinted at by Winter’s chill Passersby now scurry Heads down, breath steaming The squirrels will no longer come Nor the pigeons Cold winds will scourge...Read More
Categories: life, perspective, winter,
Form: Personification
Ward 6
I am certain that I am unwell. A swelling golf ball Lodged deep beneath my skin Makes sure of that. The floors of Ward 6 Are mirror-clean and sterile, A nature-coloured chessboard for My bare toes to quietly tread. I have no flowers,...Read More
Categories: health, winter, work, writing,
Form: Free verse
Iselder Ysbryd
So to the waterfront I go, Heart heavy with the weight of feeling alone, And there's all Mcculloch & crew can do, I find, To settle my soul, to ease my mind. The world is at peace but...Read More
Categories: winter, allegory, lonely, mental health,
Form: Rhyme

Specific Types of Winter Poems

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Definition | What is Winter in Poetry?