Winter Poetry

"THAW"

As winter wends its weary way,
Toward more Spring-like days,
Consider the beauty of nature's frosty haze,
And icy sheets of purest glaze.
The Magician in Mother Nature,
Turning mere water
Into mystical forms,
And snowy blankets
Covering the truth that lies beneath.
Momentarily,
Reality is blurred... And nature's icy veil
Presents an illusion on the grandest scale,
Until the certainty of the thaw in later days.
All trees equal in the snow,
Ash, Oak, Yew, Pine.
All covered the same.
Until the thaw of their tomorrows.

"MR BLACKBIRD"

In winter’s dim light,
Night birds take flight,
At the sight and sound,
Of snow, falling softly to the ground.
It coats ice, from previous chilly days.
Hard frost spangles blades of grass.
Mr Blackbird hops over the icy bed of nails,
Momentarily with no concept of flight.
He pecks at frosty lawn;
No food to be found here.
Too lazy to disrupt nature’s shard.
And remembering his birdlike state
Flies
Into crisp air
Cold and hungry, still.

"WINTER STRIKES"

On a Hallowe'en dawn
Lights Scorpio sun, and,
Brings the frost of tomorrow
On a pale zephyr wind,
Whispering, quietly
"Jack Frost is a-comin'"...
You hear it on the breeze
Dancing,
Through the trees
It's branches steadfast despite Winter's breath
Pervading,
Removing leaves, caressing
Forming an auburn path of rust and hues
That will turn to mush by the end of the day
Dusk arrives.
Too quickly.
The day is not done but natures closed sign is deftly displayed.
Unwritten invitation for Jack Frosts' arrival
To place his magic touch on Earth's crust
And lay his hands to leave an icy crepe
On all that remains still
For many moons, til Aquarius acquiesces.

"WHAT LIES BENEATH"

Skeletal forms, naked to the breeze,
Shadowy silhouettes, and monochrome trees.
Failing wintry sun plays tricks with our eyes,
Whilst glittering confetti falls from the skies.

Mesh-like brambles, now a snowy cacophony,
A single path formed by a student of photography.
To capture the mood of the silent snow,
Whilst beneath its surface,
Life still grows.