Family Winter Poems

A woman sits alone on a cold winter night,
with a tattered blanket wrapped around her tight.
In her frail hand, she holds an old empty purse,
in...

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I look out my window
And can't see the ground.
As I step out to look,
I see snow all around.

There was so much snow,
For these parts, it's...

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Outside my window lives a chickadee,
he loves snowy green pine,
and has a family of about twenty-three;
he loves the snow and falling snowflakes divine,
and each...

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We sat in the fallout 
of last year’s gift exchange—
smashed angel centerpiece 
taped back together 
as good as a rogue bomb 
if someone mentioned it.

Our...

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In the shadow of Christmas, I stand, frayed,
Where chaos once danced, now only I’ve stayed.
It was never a season of peace, of light,
Just the storm...

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Nature appeared to take her time,
 summer stretching into September October days,
 the warm filled the landscape with colors bled
 shades of lemon yellows, pale...

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Fall is breathing its dying breaths
and a chill settles deeper into the air.
The first flakes of snow have dusted the ground
leaving the world glimmering,
starlight reflecting...

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You can tell it's finally winter,
the glaze of icy glitter
Darker mornings, sun late dawning
Freezing cold and bitter

Woollen hats, chunky scarfs
slippery and sliding paths
children's runny noses
Red...

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Winter - dreary, ever so cold and lonely
Wishing, hoping, suddenly gone...if only
Bear it, now that nobody cares to share it
Shivering, chilled and barren

Homestead -party, lavishly...

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Autumn reigns in glory but for a season before 
winter covers her with a quilt of snow.
        ...

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Winter time is here again, the trees are all but bare
It’s time to don the scarves & boots, & warmer things to wear.
Bikini’s, shorts and...

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As a tiny tot from pastural Tennessee
My warm world consisted of all things green.
Forests and valleys, rivers and lakes,
Beautiful and flourishing, were all I had...

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“Say goodnight, Gracie, say goodnight George.”
—Burns and Allen Show 1950-1958

Say Goodnight Gracie

found it
            it...

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Alas, my dear, we must away!
From Summer homes upon the Bay.
To winter in our warmer nests,
In Southern climes, which suit us best.

Your sister's grand debut...

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Sugar Maple was a beautiful tree
Just as pretty as a tree can be
With a solid and straight trunk so strong
And reaching ever up with graceful...

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