Winter Blues

Simple words

Today, the sun laboured to barely half sky height,
a long summer's exertions seemingly wearying it's ascent
before it slid slowly to the horizon,
casting shadows long and eastward.
Trees that were lit like beacons
as autumn died its beautiful death,
stood stark, arthritic, naked,
their branches grasping for a warmth now gone.
A lone crow cawed, it's cry haunting
as it echoed through the copse,
before trailing off into the distance across fields now barren,
summers harvest long since reaped.
In the coming weeks, months, all will be dusted white,
crisp underfoot, as winter slowly, surely, takes hold.
I shivered, pulled my collar around my ears,
" roll on spring... "

Author's Note

Just thoughts as to what lays ahead.....brrrr

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

A wonderful poem. Coldest part of Winter here in Michigan. I need a warm and sunny day. Hello my friend and thank you for sharing the amazing poetry and your thoughts.
Coyote

[Gee]

Thank you Coyote, hope you are all safe and well

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome my friend. I hope you are doing well and staying warm.

[Stella Armour]

Simple words but all that is needed , no rhyme, meter or metaphor ... just a lovely descriptive poem :)

[Gee]

Thank you Stella

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

thankyou so much for entry into my colours competition, sorry for the months delay in judging etc, thanks for being so understanding, loved your poem still!! good luck!

[Gee]

My pleasure...

[AllenS]

Lovely, so well touched its essence.

[Gee]

Thank you kindly sir

[.]

I can agree its almost summer and its like winter NEVER WANTS to end. Signs of the times i suppose very descriptive.

[Gee]

Thank you......did anybody write about your lips ???

[.]

lolll nope still waiting

[Chris Shaw]

Poetic and descriptive. I can tell from the way this is written that you appreciate nature. there are some very nice lines, "A lone crow cawed, its cry haunting", is one of them. I also enjoyed the alliteration in that line. You conjured up some beautiful imagery and I very much enjoyed this poem. Thank you.

[Gee]

Thank you Christine. Yep love nature, love the outdoors, hate the cold. Man should be allowed to hibernate ( size of my belly at present I would be able to kip for a year......to the gym)

[Lorry]

As I wake to another two feet of snow, hearing it is with us until Thursday, I said exactly the same...Roll on spring indeed. I have never felt farther from a Barbie in my life.
You capture the blues so well. :)

[Gee]

Ken said that when she cleared off with action man.
I seriously hate the cold and have spent 9 miserable hours traipsing round looking after grizzling carpenters today freezing my nuts off. Roll on spring indeed.
Cheers Lorry

[Lorry]

Ha. Not good. As we all got told to stay home, we are all snowed in under four feet of it. It has just stopped, but more is expected. Even the snowman the kids made has now drowned under it all :)

[Great Aunt Astri]

Well I think your 'simple words' are truly beautiful. This is such an evocative little poem, cleverly expressed with imaginative use of words. I could feel the chill at the end too. Hopefully Spring will soon be here and the sun can fill us with new inspiration.

[Gee]

Thank you Aunty

[Great Aunt Astri]

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[just is]

their branches grasping for a warmth now gone.
A lone crow cawed, it's cry haunting
as it echoed through the copse,
before trailing off into the distance across fields now barren,

I REALLY LOVED this part. This is wonderful.

[Gee]

Thank you..

[T.W. Early]

You have such a way with words! Your vocabulary is expansive as evidenced in this poem. Also I loved the imagery. A favorite line: "Trees that were lit like beacons/as Autumn died its beautiful death".

[Gee]

Thank you kindly, I just try to keep it simple. Nowt worse than grasping for the meaning of someone's writing.