Winter's Woods

Free Verse

The winter woods are stark and empty

Open for all to see_deep

Deep into the soul

Undergrowth devoid of green_no blossoms seen

Wonderful time to explore for can't be taken by surprise

 

There is something about the winter woods that appeals_

Appeals to the human eye

It calls come tramp deep_discover about life

 

There are squirrel nests hidden high(in smmer)

Along with misteltoe_now seen

 

One can see the squirrels play intelligent they are

Not eating the misteltoe

 

Oh! how the winter woods stark and naked stand

Wanting to tell all that they understand

 

Come winter says come sit upon a rock, stump or knoll

Wait, watch, listen, learn

As you go along in life, winter woods draws

Draws from its soul to mature the very being of the young..

 

Reviews

[WindSong]

This is such a beautiful song...word by word as it goes along...about the woods and mother nature. I just love nature poems...and this one is on my top ten! Congrats on writing such a lovely poem and for sharing it with the world!

[Desert Dreamer]

Thank you for taking me for a walk in the winter woods...there is so much to see when the branches are bare.

[Samuel Dickens]

That was an enjoyable stroll through winter woods. How right you are, too, how nests, misteltoe and other things in the trees are right out in the open in winter, but hidden in summer. Something else I like about winter woods--no bugs or snakes. You can walk freely about and not worry about some critter attacking you.

[Tina Kline]

A beautiful trip through snowy woods. It sounds very inviting and something I sure wish I could. The forest has a whole different feel in different seasons. I sure wish there was more forest around to enjoy. Excellent job.

[Wolf's Dark Song]

Very very beautiful. I love the winter forest but don't get to see it as often as I wish. Love your poem. Beautiful and peaceful.

[An owl on the moon]

What a winter world of wonder you share with us... Yes, it can look so empty and cold, yet beneath lies the refreshing roots that are being restored for their new awakening. Such a beautiful piece.. and peace as well.

[ice]

"There is something about the winter woods that appeals_
Appeals to the human eye
It calls come tramp deep_discover about life"

That, it most certainly does..
This poem reminds me of my Hickory woods, that I can see into, right out of my window, this very moment.

I allways see squirrels there, but no mistletoe, as I am too far north..but in the south...
"One can see the squirrels play intelligent they are
Not eating the misteltoe"...they know what is poison, and what is not.

"As you go along in life, winter woods draws
Draws from its soul to mature the very being of the young.."

I think of the winter woods, with its plump belly of snow, as a pregnant women..
and remember the line of a beautiful song, that says
"Winters in labor and soon to give birth to the spring.

This poem also reminded me of that song.
Thank you for saying it.

[Gone]

You have taken me back to my childhood. I spent many happy hours alone in the woodland near my home, binoculars and notebook in hand and field guides in my pockets. How often I watched the squirrels dancing and playing up and down the trunks and across the branches. You have captivated the scene so vividly and accurately that I could almost smell that composite odour of decaying leaves, the mud, the moss and the bark.

Come winter says come sit upon a rock, stump or knoll
Wait, watch, listen, learn
As you go along in life, winter woods draws
Draws from its soul to mature the very being of the young..

[Ladysue]

outstanding opening; those first three lines really grab the reader and are a perfect lead into the piece...you have beautiful and superb images...beautiful work...

[liza.ruby2588]

this is very nice! beautiful words...images great!
i like the use of the underscore...