Hasteless stroll through the park
across a soft ivory carpet,
dodging snowballs in flight,
inadvertently caught in the crossfire
of impish warfare
Skaters displaying grace and skill
on lakes of frosted glass
Snowmen everywhere,
if only our cities
could be constructed so rapidly
Icicles droop from awnings and sills,
shimmering with the clarity
of moonlight on the horizon
Streetlights flicker with the grandeur
of fireflies in crevassed caves
Spruce and Aspen
adorned with powdered coats,
contrasting beauty
to their blue and jade
Plows clearing streets
to allow safe passage
for workers to return to their families
enhance the night's atmosphere
with their lights flashing brightly
Mistletoe delicately hung
over doorway boughs,
candles ablaze in the windows
of the houses that skirt the park
Even though the air is still and cold,
it is the grip from your hand
and your gracious smile,
that keeps my heart cradled in warmth.
Author notes
make me feel the Winter chill
A contest entry
- 12 hour Winter Quickie by poet2angels.
475 points, ended December 9, 2007, 18 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Detailed critique welcome
Comments
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This is lovely with such imagery t make me warm inside and out...So beautiful this is!!!
I especially loved these lines:
"Mistletoe delicately hung
over doorway boughs,
candles ablaze in the windows
of the houses that skirt the park
Even though the air is still and cold,
it is the grip from your hand
and your gracious smile,
that keeps my heart cradled in warmth. "
Awesome job
Lynda
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Delightful description of a winter scene, full of apt imagery.
Bill
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Ah, the warmth of the closing stanza-worth the venture out into the chill of winter, for the touch of a loved one. A beautiful poem about winter.
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