looking out the window

she looks out the window

watches children build snowmen

her neighbor pushing a snow blower

clearing out this driveway

she sips her coffee taking in

the icicles handing from the roof

she recalls her youthful days

playing in the snow, but now

all she feels is the biting cold

 

 

in December

in December many people

get into the holiday spirit

lawns covered in dazzling lights

children write their gift wish lists

kitchens busy baking cookies

 

as for me I complete another

cycle around the sun

yet I loathe this time of year –

I know a long December will

lead to a longer January

those cold weather blues

always getting me down

 

I look out from my window

wondering when the first flakes

will fall from the winter sky

turning my heart to ice

before spring’s thaw

 

 

- Written for dVerse Poetics: Come Sing With Me!

I used the following song titles in my poem:  "Cold Weather Blues" by Muddy Waters and "A Long December" by Counting Crows

 

 

first snow day

it is the first snow day of the year and
I have to leave my warm apartment
I brush off inches of snow off the car
after hours of falling snowflakes
the coldness seeps through my boots
and into my frigid feet and toes
I try to clear the car in a hurry
before my fingers begin to tingle
I slowly pull out of my parking space
with a prayer all the way to my destination

- Written for Twiglet #260 - sluggish weather

winter

the winter solstice had came

and the sun slipped into horizons

before we got to say goodbye

I waited for you to come back

still shadows my only company

as countless snowflakes fell

my heart a block of ice

that would not thaw until

you returned in Spring

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