Morning sky awakens
Peace fills nature’s outlook
Landscape’s fresh, white blanket
Winter’s cozy look
Horizon full of gray
Light tries to brighten
Sun waits for tomorrow
Winter’s grip tightens
Hope’s disappearing breath
Tranquility’s free-fall
Each snowflake multiplies
Winter’s sudden squall
Wind churns with whitest sky
Brief storm now taking rest
Clouds open with sunlight
Winter’s steady quest
Gentle morning rain
Afternoon transition
Cold front moving in
Winter’s new edition
Season’s first snowflake
Forecast’s memo on track
Innocent at first
More join in, welcome back
Chorus of voices
Barren landscape, now white
Autumn forgotten
Nature’s fresh acolyte
Darkness shines at night
Moonlight’s bright reflection
Each snowflake twinkles
With timely perfection
Peace shrouds silent realm
Time wanting to stand still
Another postcard
Sketches winter’s playbill
Winter nurtures peaceful scene
Warmest memories roam free
Earth no longer dressed in green
Snow covering every tree
Chimney sends welcoming smoke
Greeting from kitchen’s warm flame
Early morning’s comfy cloak
Cook stove’s crackling wood lays claim
Small cabin nestled in woods
Hidden from anyone’s view
Pantry filled with nature’s goods
Winter’s satisfying brew
Never more perfect setting
Looking up at mountain slopes
Arctic air never sweating
Preserving tomorrow’s hopes
Midnight’s twinkling moonlight beams
Postponing scheduled chinook
Winter’s sketches replay dreams
Precious pages fill scrapbook
Book’s invitation
Surrounded by winter storm—
Staying cozy warm
Falling snow’s ballet
Flakes fluttering with each twist—
Dancing in child’s eyes
Snow’s “welcome back” tune
Playing and giggling outside—
Touched by every flake
Morning thunderstorm
Followed with rain’s gentleness—
Summer’s welcome pause
Ripened, golden fields
Filling nation’s breadbasket—
Ready for harvest
Autumn’s dry stream beds
Snow falling on mountaintops—
Spring’s blessed run-off
Winter’s quiet night
Appreciate each moment—
Stillness embraces
Calendar says “Spring”
Warm under snowy blanket—
Not ready quite yet
Wildflowers fill dreams
Winter’s snow melting away—
Spring’s colors peek out
Quiet fog whispers
Hanging above trees
Clouds resting on pines
Mist wanting to freeze
Landscape’s gentle peace
Transcending spirit
Now wanting to rest
Stillness, now hear it
Time ready to pause
Watching scene outside
Afternoon nap calls
Sleepy thoughts collide
Awake, look outdoors
Falling in rhythm
Fresh flakes floating down
Snow’s algorithm
White transformation
Mesmerizing view
Nature’s snowy blanket
Winter’s evening cue
Icy, foggy screen
Hiding wintertime’s next move—
Holding nature’s cards
Overnight snowfall
Friendly, gentle flakes falling—
Morning’s traffic slows
Lofty mountain peak
Let it snow, let it snow more—
Skiers celebrate
December, 2022 will be one to remember for most of the United States. A poet’s reflections fill these verses while looking out a kitchen window. Always glad to be inside and staying warm when the wind chill plunges to -30 degrees.
Weather predictions hold true
More winter, never seems through
Cold, Arctic air sets up camp
Long-forgotten, frigid scamp
“Real” winter arrives in strength
Transmitting on all wavelengths
Morning light arrives, dark gray
Sunshine hiding this Friday
Landscape shivers under white
Every creature taking flight
Freezing wind never lets up
Wintertime’s polar holdup
Wind gust rocks home’s foundation
Turning on weather station
Snowy drifts growing deeper
Frosty, trusty doorkeeper
Barren trees bend against squall
No longer standing so tall
Life scatters, seeking shelter
Winter storm’s helter-skelter
Visibility nearly gone
Snow heavier than chiffon
Quiet roads, traffic withdrawn
No orders from Amazon
Keeping each home’s fire burning
Warming hearts, day keeps churning
Cup of cocoa, not enough
Snowing outside, rough and tough
Grabbing pair of heavy socks
Thawing frozen toes’ icebox
Sitting at writing table
Poet ready and able
Candle’s light dances like wind
Framing this coldest weekend
Perhaps this cup of hot cocoa will do the trick . . . along with extra marshmallows!
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Waiting for its urgent call
Winter’s snow waiting to strike
Where is winter hosting fun?
Playing games in the Klondike
School children watch outside
Dreaming of a snow day soon
School’s steady beat marches on
Soon, everyone sings a new tune
Weather forecast predicts snow
Snowplows prepare for battle
But, this storm slides to the north
Hmm, snow dumps on Seattle!
Outside, waiting for a call
Snow shovel dreams of snowfall
Originally published January, 2020.
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