According to the calendar we still have a week of autumn, but winter has definitely arrived! We had snow for Thanksgiving, and it seems like it’s snowed every day this week. Here are two poems inspired by the recent weather.
i.
After the blizzard,
hydrangeas blanketed in white:
snowpiaries.
ii.
Giggling, laughing,
Come on, let’s go!
Sliding, gliding,
Through the snow.
Skidding, crashing,
Watch out! Oh, no!
Tumbling, crumbling,
into a heap.
Brushing, rushing,
up we leap.
Giggling, laughing,
Come on, let’s go!
© Catherine Flynn, 2014
Thank you to Paul, for hosting Poetry Friday. Be sure to visit him at These Four Corners for the round up.
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We don’t get snow down here in the south of the south, but your poems make me want to grab a sled and take to the slopes. My students wrote snowy poems after Robert Frost that came out a bit pensive. Was it the snow or Frost that set that tone?
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Love “snowpiaries.” :). And the second poem is so joyous. Wonder how much snow we’ll get in Virginia this year . . .
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Snow is certainly on people’s minds today! Love the energy in your poems (and the humor! “Snowpiaries” is delightful!)
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Like everyone else, I love snowpiaries. Perfect!
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Love what everyone else said, too, Catherine, but also love that sledding poem, just gliding down with such excitement.
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As much as I love the slippery, sliding, downhill sledding poem, it’s those “snowpiaries” that I’m crushing on!
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Your poems put me exactly where I want to be – in the winter mode, but in a joyous way.
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“Snowpiaries” = poetic perfection! Loved the second poem, too! Makes me wish for snowflakes 🙂
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