Winter Acrostic Poems

Winter has a captivating beauty for me
In my snowy world all is still and surreal
Nothing is as restful as exquisite pristine snow 
Today graceful, fragile,...

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(A raven’s shadow falls across the page. A quill scratches furiously, punctuated by heavy sighs.)

December… a month draped in the funereal crepe of the dying...

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Rather should the winter never end,
If I should meet the spring without thy hand.
The seasons our souls do summers send,
And all do fall upon our...

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W-atch the birds of winter
I-n their wild freedom joy
N-estled in night's frigid presence
T-hen gathering sustenance at dawn
E-ndearing at the bird feeders
R-oyal cardinal and his wife...

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(a quick, staccato tapping of imaginary typewriter keys)

december!

(d(arkness)).
(e(nding)).
(c(old)).
(e(ven so)).
(m(emory(christmas hanukkah kwanza))).
(b(efore(ten))).
(e(ach(a flicker))).
(r(estless(me))).

(a pause; a cigarette flicked into an unseen ashtray).

(born)this(month)me,
(a small(fear))a big(joy)a whispered(prayer),
(this)light(a(breath))).

(a final, almost...

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Daylight fades away early
Even though our day is not done.
Clumps of snow shimmer in pearly,
Enchanting drifts, reflecting the disappearing sun.
My love stokes ardent embers to...

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GET your
SUGAR from the cupboard of your heart and winter kiss my wavering thoughts like the first snowflake to fall 
HONEYED with passion your words...

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HARMONY

HARMONY IS THE BASE FOR LOVE AND CARE
ACCCEPTING ONE WEAKNESS FOR OTHERS IS LOVE
RESTING ON THE FEARS OF OTHERS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE
MOUNTING LIES , WITH...

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The darkness of All Hallow's Eve
Ring out this night of soulful bells
In-between worlds of dark and light
Celtic, priestly, celebrations
Kindred spirits fear mournful ghosts

Old church cemetery,...

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Summer dims down in search of cold weather
Elements shifting and changing the mood
People spend more time inside together
Time to prepare for winters attitude
Evening now starts...

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Squirrels are gathering; nuts to bury
Eagerly digging, for warm earth is soft
Painted, a sky in hues that are many
This golden glister is scattered aloft 

Even...

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Shedding of leaves
Every flower fading
Petals drooping
Temperatures declining
Early morning mists
Moments of weak sunlight
Birds chirping uneasily
Each day with winter on its way
Red,yellow and brown leaves

Fruits in need...

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       Drying up raindrops on window panes,
     Accumulations of wet puddles in spring. 
 ...

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She turned to the sunlight  And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbor:  “Winter is dead.”
—A. A. Milne

Y our old-fashioned lemony pie
E...

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Lasting in summer's gleam, my childhood's delight.
In autumn's hug, I seek insight.
Fulfilling longing dreams, spring blooms lively.
Entering into winter, life bids me goodnight.
...

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