The World Is Winter Poem by Sandra Fowler

The World Is Winter

Rating: 4.7


Today the world...
Landscaped in pen and ink by
hidden hands
Is winter and embossed in white
on white,
The sky cries down its tears
upon the earth.

Black angled trees...
An onyx labyrinth twists down
the wind
Until the ground is rippled
white brocade
bemeath a shifting candleflame
of sun.

And we ourselves...
Embracing on the creek, like
figurines
Skate out across a polished
mirror of ice
Its edges rough and ridged
like hobnailed glass.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Elysabeth Faslund 15 September 2007

You have let this reader share a much-loved winterscape of tightly woven slices and concrete images...brought it to life. Oh what a great word-mistress you are! ! ! xxelysabeth

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Melvina Germain 02 September 2007

Your imagry here creates a picture of sheer beauty, I thoroughly enjoyed the read Sandra, Excellent work.--Melvina--

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Jim Foulk 10 April 2007

a picture perfect poem clearly seen in every word.

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Brian Dorn 22 January 2007

Wow... a picturesque marvel, Sandra! ! Brian

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Mary Naylor 27 November 2006

When I was a child, sometimes in the wintertime, I would look at winter's beauty and almost cry. I wanted to catch that beauty in words, and I didn't know how. In this poem, you've shown me how.

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Ken E Hall 23 September 2009

I can smell the winter as I read this poem and I can hear the skate blades scrape across the frozen ice and feel the meanings as I progress reading...nice +++++10 regards

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Sonya Florentino 28 July 2009

life is a harsh winter, but we can enjoy the mirror for a while.....

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Ashraful Musaddeq 22 June 2009

Excellent write, whatever you compose- wonderful. You are a master poet.

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Cindy Kreiner Sera 03 May 2009

A poetic intoxication, A winter's love fantasy caressing and flirting across a page of white daydream scripted as only you can –

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premji premji 03 April 2009

dear sandra, m house is very near to the great indian painter raja ravivarma....he paints with colours and brush....but as the reader differs, your word-art also differs, which give birth to a million different paintings.. great...........reading you is absolute pleasure. your soul knows how to sing.......thanks........

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Sandra Fowler

Sandra Fowler

W. Columbia, WV, USA
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