Winter

Why does summer, seem to end so suddenly, but winter lingers?

As if the cold frost, has a memory, with its long icy fingers.

Summer ends, with school starting, but its still nice weather.

Winter lingers, til tulips poke their heads, and it happens just whenever.



Summers end, lulls us into hibernation, it makes us sad and blue.

Like a big dark cloud blew over, its departure long overdue.

We wait and wait diligently, for the yellow forsythia in the spring.

But now the nights are long, and an icy cold gets in.



Summertime is magical, its damp grass, in the wee hours of the night.

The pumpkins bring the frost,the weather herds us indoors, and out of sight.

Winter conjures loneliness in my now “old mans head”

But of course I will enjoy it, quietly, with all the books unread.

Reviews

[MCS]

Lovely words that capture this transition so well.
Up here in the great white north it feels like we have 10 months of winter and 2 months of slushy skating :(
Well done and enjoyed!

[Ern M. Yoshimoto]

as someone who prefers winter to summer, this verse stirred a lot of empathy. while opnions diverge, the honesty and expressiveness, as well as the delectable rhymes, really moved something inside of me. for a second there i forgot i hated summer (it gets waaaaaay too hot n humid in my country) and even began anticipating it. but there are also metaphorical ways this can be read.
once Albert Einstein was asked by a child to explain general relativity, he said: 'you know when you're having fun time seems to fly? but when you are bored time seems to go slower? that's it!'
and so our worst days take years and best days pass in seconds. that's poetry not science, i know, but it is true in a way.
but the final line reveals a silver lining: in winter we get to cozy up and enjoy a book (hence why i like this season) and in our gloomiest times we can always, always find something positive.

[Chris Shaw]

So true winter does linger and the frosts bite. My favourite season is spring so I will bide my time. Lovely descriptive poetry DM.

Chris

[D. Mansfield]

Thank you so much Chris, I appreciate

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I see Tulips...and sigh. Yes, winter a good time to catch up on reading.
But I do like the cooler weather....I like its crispness.
Nicely written.
j.

[D. Mansfield]

Thank you Jacob