Snow
Flakes fall
On Rhodie,
Making leaves droop.
Pulse slows, goes dormant,
Warm heart retreats in,
Waiting for summer thaw.
Sees children building snowmen:
Hears laughter bloom like spring time.
Small girl shrieks as boots fill with snow.
An icy silence falls as doors slam.
The snowman’s crooked smile: winter joy.
Copyright 2015 Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: This poem is an Etheree, increasing by one syllable in each line, with a syllable count from one to ten. This poem is to connect with Poetry Friday. This week, the meme is hosted by These 4 Corners.
24 thoughts on “Winter Joy”
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Your winter photos make me shiver. Although I think our cool summer, to date, has been wonderful.
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I wanted snow, but we got 42 inches in a week. Um, can’t I just get 10 inches? Wouldn’t that have been enough? I wasn’t trying to be greedy. LOL
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Beautiful and I truly liked this verse: “An icy silence falls as doors slam”.
Best wishes, Bren! ❤ Aquileana 😀
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Thanks, Aquileana. I hope to remember these days after my kids grow up. The snow days are rare, but such good memories. 🙂
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It is beautiful, indeed… It never snows here! Unless you travel to the south of the Country!… Best wishes Aquileana 😀
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No snow at all? Wow. I have lived in snowy lands most of my life. Perhaps I have been crazy this whole time. LOL
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LOL~ Or I have been crazy this whole time. Who knows!? ~ 😛 Aquileana ⭐
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LOL You are the star!
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Very nice!
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loved this, brenda. and we finally got our first real winter snow today )
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Did you? We have another foot forecast for tomorrow, and our snow thrower is broken! My poor hubby! Luckily our two boys have become very accomplished at shoveling. 🙂
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Hi Brenda! I particularly like all the “s” sounds in the second half of the poem, “shrieks as boots fill with snow,” and the crooked smile. Very vivid and evocative!
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Thanks! We had a great time making a showgirl, and I’d like to remember it, when I’m shoveling a foot of snow tomorrow. 🙂
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Lovely image of the fun of playing in the snow.
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Thanks! 🙂
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Yaaaay snow!!! 🙂 I want to make Snow Angels!!! ❤ Perhaps I can go to the beach and make them in the sand since there is no snow here.
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I made a snow angel yesterday. Today the snow filled it in again. I know it’s there, though. 🙂
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we have a beautiful song in Norway about Snow Angels, how they fly up to heaven with little messages from the ones who made them 🙂
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Aw, that is sweet. I never thought to leave a message. Next time I will. 🙂
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Yes 🙂 It will be lifted up to Heaven! 🙂 ❤
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Love that you love winter!
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LOL I might be the only crazy one who does, other than the kids. 🙂
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It’s snowing here, but not enough to build a snowman. Lovely poem. 🙂
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Thanks! We built a snow totoro, too. 🙂
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