Winter’s Touch

Written 1/12/2024

The frosty temperature seeps inside
Burrowing it way into your bones
Squeezing out the body’s natural warmth

The wind whips violently without ease
Scattering the Arctic snow everywhere
It’s biting fingers freezing everything

White frozen orbs scatter lifelessly
In a mindless contorting rhythm
Leaving nothing safe from its death grasp

Reviews

[Stella Armour]

This is actually one of my favourite writes of yours ,
it also reminds me that we have to have cold empty times for reflection and to know that a lovely more temperate mood will evolve from it ..
Winter to spring just sitting out the in-between moments.

[Poetic Beauty]

It amazes me how nature can spark inspiration for me. I’m glad you really liked this poem.

[Stella Armour]

Nature is the one thing that inspires poets after love ... :)

[mou]

I'm not a great admirer of winter. Its numbness and silence are deafening. I love how you decipher its characteristics with a beautiful poetic touch.
- mou

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you. As you can tell from this poem winter is not my friend. We do don’t merge well or bond with each other with out a great amount of irritation and sadness.

[mou]

Yes, perhaps I can understand what you do really mean. I too find some of my shares in your strong poetic imagery.
- mou

[Poetic Beauty]

I do not like the cold and the snow. To me winter is barren; void of color.

[Thomas W Case]

Powerful work. Great use of the senses. I felt this one.

[Poetic Beauty]

I am not fond of winter nor the cold for that matter

[Thomas W Case]

Me either.

[John the Baptist]

Winter does indeed have its drawbacks. Of course, come August, we'll be yearning for the cool breezes.

[Poetic Beauty]

I don’t mind the heat near as much. Really it doesn’t bother me until it get in the middle 90s

[Davidgeo]

You describe a polar desert very well.

It's very well written, no wasted space... just enough to convey your message. Well done, this is good stuff.

[Poetic Beauty]

I do not enjoy the snow and the cold. Winter makes me feel like a withered house plant that need warmth of the sun and water lol

[Davidgeo]

Seasonal affective disorder is a pain in the a*s.

You're not alone though, humans don't really enjoy the cold, it's why we invented clothes.

[Im His Daughter]

Wow, it's been quite a while since I reviewed or read a poem, this was good. I wrote one called snowflake, if you can find it. If not no worries, reminded me of it. Thank you, great write!

[Poetic Beauty]

I write about many things. Nature seems to spark my imagination in a multitude of directions

[Im His Daughter]

Me too, I tend to write about that too. River, rocks, sunshine .. 🌞 Have an amazing day!

[Poetic Beauty]

Have a great day

[Neville]

Its almost spring here .. and I cant remember the last time we had snow .. sometimes I think I may miss it .. but then I wake up .. anyway who needs it when we can visit it here .. Neville

[Poetic Beauty]

Our winters have been weird here for probably 7 or 8 years. We don’t get as much snow as we use to nor the cold for that matter but it still gets cold enough and we do have a few days of below zero. We had our share of snow this year and two snows is one too many for my liking. It is almost spring here as well but tomorrow it is coming early 68 deg ferh and 72 on Monday so I will take it!! It won’t last but it’s a nice rollercoaster we’ve been on all winter

[Neville]

like I said .. live for now and enjoy it while you can

[Poetic Beauty]

I’m trying to live more for today. Not always an easy task to live in the moment but it is something I’m trying to get better at

[Neville]

...... Just be sure neva to give up trying OK

[Fabian G. Franklin]

I get cold chills just reading about it. My eldest daughter lives in the frozen north about 60 miles below the arctic circle...my granddaughter competes in dogsled races regularly. She told me proudly that she came in 7th in a five mile race and didn't turn her sled over once. And, she said, with two small dogs! She's eight and works with her loom weaving and a spinning wheel. I miss the lot of my grandkids forty-five hundred miles away but when my daughter calls and says it's thirty-five below zero there I'm like, wow, unbelievable that people live there. I reach for the thermostat if it drops below fifty outside. (laughing)

[Poetic Beauty]

I can imagine living with temperatures like that as a normal. It get below zero here sometimes

[Anita Frader]

The harsh and merciless cold. This could just be about the weather or a metaphor for the cold treatment we are subjected to by others

[Poetic Beauty]

This about the cold weather but yes you are correct it could be about either topic

[Re-Pete]

i hate that cold feeling in my bones and joints. i'm shivering as i read. a chilling dose of reality, maybe too real. definitely has bite and leaves its mark. makes us appreciate summer all the more although little consolation when we're freezing our fannies off ... :)