sky is a mirror
snow-dredged, grey-stained
by sleet & salt
december breezes
stiff cold as bone-dry wheat stalks
maple trees are leafless
while pine and spruce trees are needled-thick
unadorned, uncut & crowned
by winter stars
magical
[I wish I could send you one]
Posted for dVerse Poets Pub - Quadrille, hosted by Bjorn Rudberg. This is a 44 word post with the chosen word "snow". Thanks for your visits and comments.
Magical indeed! LOVE this.
ReplyDeleteI do love this. how different winter really is. Snow changes everything
ReplyDeleteWhat a delightful poem, Grace! I love the shape and layout of it, the different textures and colours of the sky, the wheat stalks and the trees ‘unadorned, uncut & crowned by winter stars’. Magical indeed!
ReplyDeleteThe white of fresh snow and lush green of the evergreens much needed relief from the grey mirror of the sky. Lovely, Grace.
ReplyDeleteOh yes! Nature always does it better! Love "crowned by winter stars" -- Just beautiful, Grace.
ReplyDeleteAh yes indeed i luv your generousity
ReplyDeleteMuch♡love
Such a delightful thought- to send a magical star!
ReplyDelete"I wish I could send you one"; I feel the wistfulness and the desire to share the moment. Nice!
ReplyDeleteThe imagery, shapes and sensations of cold come through in your words. The image of bone-dry wheat stalks is quite stark.
ReplyDeleteYes please, if you could catch one when it falls that would be special 💫
ReplyDeleteLovely poem.
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing like fir trees in the snow with branches bending low! Well done, Grace!
ReplyDeletefine work. esp love the naked maples and the thick-needled spruce imagery
ReplyDeleteSnow is such a magician, isn't it? Lovely poem :)
ReplyDeleteoh, Grace, that last line in particular really made me smile with delight!
ReplyDeleteMuch love,
David
SkepticsKaddish.com
I love your description of the firs..."needled-thick, unadorned, uncut & crowned." I see them.
ReplyDeleteI love the transition from bleak to bright. A lovely quadrille, Grace.
ReplyDeleteYes, trees don't need tinsel.
ReplyDeleteLove it, very nice indeed!
ReplyDeleteLovely flow and imagery to this.
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