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Still No Winter: Winter Poems

12/1/2016

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Warmest wishes to all on this glorious Poetry Friday! Thanks for visiting today, and be sure to stop by Bridget's space at wee words for wee ones for more poetry tid-bits. Thanks for hosting, Bridget!

​Well, after many months of mild weather, it seems that winter has finally come to us here on the ridge. Like my Dragonfly Tree here in this photo, I can recall many times I have walked the earth-warm fields just waiting for winter to peel back the curtain and take center stage. I have often imagined winter itself as an ancient artist; one who could paint the most brilliant masterpiece from any stark-white canvas. The poem I am sharing today is my attempt to give praise to this magestic season and to its creator, whose work is never done. 
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Dragonfly Tree waiting for Winter photo by Kiesha Shepard
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Invitation to Write:

Writers will often put themselves in someone else's shoes in search of meaning and perspective. Try taking on the perspective and voice of someone or something else. Imagine what they might say and think. There are all sorts of paths your writing will lead you to!
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Jane @ Raincity Librarian link
12/2/2016 10:05:30 am

The weather wizards are forecasting an unusually cold and blustery winter this year in my neck of the woods - I fear that the artist will be painting his snowy colours throughout our area as well!

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Bridget Magee link
12/2/2016 12:26:55 pm

Gorgeous poem, Keisha! We have just cooled off here in the desert in recent weeks - thank goodness! Love your description of the impending season, "waiting for winter to peel back the curtain and take center stage". =)

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Linda Baie link
12/2/2016 04:06:53 pm

"Then he'll take up the brush, and walk the wood". What an image to take with us as the cold comes, and it is! My coats have been worn more these past few days. Our season this year is beautifully shown, Kiesha.

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Mary Lee Hahn
12/3/2016 02:43:05 pm

You captured that waiting time when the whole world knows Winter is coming, but he's not here yet, he's not here yet...here he is!

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Brenda Harsham link
12/3/2016 05:39:59 pm

I love your analogy of a painter and his canvas. At times your old man seemed like St. Nick or the Big Man himself. It might snow here next week, and we are busy bagging leaves and cleaning out the garage in preparation. December is always a month of insane busy-ness for me. My to-do list is endless. And I'm not the only one. I see tired, stressed faces out there at the grocery store on Saturday afternoons. Yet, I have such fun waiting for the first snow. :-)

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Linda Mitchell link
12/4/2016 07:17:22 am

Keisha, I read this a couple of times. Always, when I love a poem, I read too fast. I just want to gulp it. But, I read again. The landscape stretched like a canvas....wow. Yes, it is. Isn't it? Holding a sturdy oak cane....you nudge something in me.
Yesterday, my daughter was at a painting demo at a new art studio. Another mom and I walked around the old town during it and we stopped in an Irish shop. They sold shelaleighs (Irish black thorn walking sticks) and I had a memory of my grandfather's now my dad's and the image of an Irishman walking with his stick. I didn't know that the Irishman was an artist too..because clearly, I needed to get home to read your poem and see that you were thinking of him too. As always, thank you for the inspiration and invitation.

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Michelle Heidenrich Barnes link
12/6/2016 06:36:04 pm

This is wonderful, Kiesha. Love your personification of Old Man Winter.

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