Winter Treewinter tree
scribble on paper
shattered glass
aging masterpiece
blood vessels
interrupted sleep
morning bed hair
porcelain crazing
drought dry earth
think quickly
fungal strands
frozen pond uh-oh
straw on floor
slept-in sheets
did I lock the door
letter from a pocket
can’t reach that itch
tickly cough
grandad’s skin
winter tree
...
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Categories:
analogy, fun, tree, winter,
Form: Light Verse
not indifferent
not indifferent
even winter weeps
the loss of the rose
Submitted on April 23, 2025 for contest YOUR CHOICE U sponsored by BRIAN STRAND
Posted on April 22, 2025...
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Categories:
loss, rose, snow, winter,
Form: Free verse
Runner"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return" ~ from the song Nature Boy, written by George McGrew, aka eden ahbez, and recorded by Nat King Cole and others
A child born, unloved, in the winter cold
might like a river, from affection, run;
but like brittle bones when they get...
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Categories:
winter, love, mental health, psychological,
Form: Rhyme
Lingering Dusk - Thomas Kinkade
mountains white
bathed in the light
of sunset bright
dusk lingers
sun's fingers
are joy bringers
humble homes
with tent-like domes
shine like chromes
nestled here
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Categories:
appreciation, art, nature, winter,
Form: Ekphrasis
Cosmic in Her GazeThe whirlpool stars of the Milky Way appeared when she was feeling grey.
Mother-of-pearl constellations shimmered across her skin in the candlelight.
Saturn’s red rings spiraled wildly at her climax—
A solar flare unleashed in breathless surrender.
Turquoise desire bled into solemn greys,
And those greys married verdant dreams, swirling in slow motion.
To gaze at her was to weightless drift...
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Categories:
winter, color, extended metaphor, imagery,
Form: Free verse
norwegian feline
norwegian feline
with woolly insulation
winter devotee
posted on April 19, 2025...
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Categories:
cat, nature, winter,
Form: Haiku
The Last Weeks of WinterThe Last Weeks of Winter
sun sets
later
temps. hover in forties
rain and snow fall frequently, spring
comes soon
...
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Categories:
winter,
Form: Cinquain
Goodbye Winter Welcome Spring"We must say, goodbye to winter but do not be sad. It will come back again next year with a big smile and plenty of snow. Now we welcome Spring to enjoy." By Poet
Winter can be very cold,
the wind will sing and be very bold.
The ground is covered with fluffy snow,
to play in as the...
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Categories:
winter, flower, fun, giggle, snow,
Form: Rhyme
Blizzard Wizard
To the skies...cries of have we sinned..the seasons spinned...winter grinned as before it’s really beginned...spring’s been sneakily binned..
That bitter wind does cheekily blow...delivers tingling..slivers of mulled wine mingling shivers..oh and..shed loads of snow..
You know it is nature's calling card...as the bleached flurries hurriedly dart. ...shards of frosty farts falling hard....
Slippery slurries beached...frippery start to beseeched.....
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Categories:
nature, snow, winter,
Form: Rhyme
Old Hands Chime Twelve
Old hands counted fingers to define,
That the hours in a day chime twice twelve,
That the months in a year toll what the old hands told.
Twelve apostles, tribes and days of Christmas do unfold
Twelve jurors decide, the twelfth is the hanged man card,
12 inches make a foot, 12 notes in an octave for a song...
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Categories:
planet, summer, time, winter,
Form: Free verse
The Weather Of My Emotions
In the ebb and flow of feelings that is the cycle of my life
I seem to be caught in the spring of my emotions
while winter stalls refusing to take its leave.
Like a bad virus insisting to overstay its welcome
tenacious snow lingers under unrelenting skies of grey
while nippy winds bring rebel clouds and showers.
Entangled in...
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Categories:
winter, dark, emotions, hope, spring,
Form: Free verse
Red cross
red cross saint bernard
on standby for avalanche
rescue nine one one
AP: 1st place 2025
Posted on April 13, 2025...
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Categories:
dog, snow, winter,
Form: Haiku
SHAMELESS NAKED TREES: A HAIKU TRIOTrees’ leaves were ripped off,
leaving nakedness behind
with teasing winter:-
Nude trees not ashamed
as winter winds teased them;
their hope barked in spring:-
Through thrusting winter,
naked trees never gave in;
waiting coming leaves:-
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Categories:
winter, allegory, high school, metaphor,
Form: Haiku
Cold Winter Alone
A canvas of woe
The pen, a useless shard, lies still and cold.
In this abyss of sorrow, my heart grows old.
Bent and broken branches, unable to climb,
Withering drops of sunshine melt away in song
Beneath the moon's patterned, muted light,
An endless battle arranges an orchestrated plight...
Goodnight, my sweet love, for doom's destined despair
Has left a poet's song...
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Categories:
loss, nature, seasons, winter,
Form: Free verse
Rain and SeasonsI wait for the rain,
So it may express what I never could.
—And when it falls, I want it to pour relentlessly,
To match the depth of my devastation.
Though it can't last forever—
Somehow I want my devastation to fade away;
Like rain sometimes does.
I want my heartache to change like seasons do,
I need to know what—spring, summer, autumn,...
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Categories:
winter, autumn, cry, desire, destiny,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Winter Poems
Read wonderful winter poetry on the following sub-topics:
acrostic, classic, children, depressing, funny, haiku, holiday, kids, love, rhyme, season, solstice
and more.
Definition | What is Winter in Poetry?
Poems Related to Winter
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