Snow Cycle

[Taika of Narfell]

Snow I

Snow still falls
gracefully silent,
covers the landscape in a muffled whisper of beauty
white in the dark
light in the dark
trees outlined in white
stand as gleaming monuments
to a summer long forgotten
black silhouettes tower
above the white ground
snow squeaks as footprints are made
soon all tracks are covered
all traces are erased
evidence of the passing
is silently covered
for the snow still falls
gracefully silent


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Snow II

Snow still falls
tumbling and whirling
halting everything
it hurries along with the harsh winds at its back
slows the people
slows the traffic
the world in ‘snow-motion’
behind the blurred vision
through the dense fall
a white blanket curtains the world
curtains the neighbouring houses
special privacy clad in white
in white howling winds
the cold bites
the snow blinds
because it falls fast
tumbling and whirling


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Snow III

Snow lies still
solemnly silent
majestically immovable
it muffles the world.
White and pristine, the chilled layer
provides enchantment.
Magical silence enthralls
anyone venturing into this realm of white,
an endless sea of idyl
with shoals of calm,
waves of peace.
Thoughts may stray
prompted to fly high and far
above and beyond the earth's boundaries
blurred by blinding whiteness
for still the snow lies
solemnly silent.

[Billy]

No you didn't make it sound silly. It sounds nice, but no I couldn't see the snow. What I could see was that no matter what happens nature/life continues. It doesn't stop for us. LOL, isn't it interesting the way that different people get different messages from the same poem.

[Taika of Narfell]

Wow, someone read something in my poem I didn't even think about when writing it...

Cool I'm improving. YAY! ;D

It came to me this winter when I was looking at the snow outside my window. I made a simple attempt at capturing the beauty of the moment. It seems I captured more than just that

[Billy]

LOL, Jem, I always get things other than what's intended from poetry. It's embarrassing sometimes. But I just read it again and i think you do capture the beauty of the moment. It is a very soothing poem. It's hard for me because we don't get snow here and I've never seen snow falling so, I guess that's why I don't visualise it as much - nothing to relate it to.

[Taika of Narfell]

OMG You've never seen snow fall like that?!?!?!?!

Get up here and meet me in January or February sometime (yeah, like you'll have time with school and all) I'll arrange for snow with the weather Gods

I guess it would be hard to imagine if you've never seen it. Next week when I'm home again, I'll scan a few pics I have of our garden in winter. They should show you what I mean

[Billy]

Ha! Time wouldn't be a problem because we have our summer holidays then and i would love to get up there and meet you, especially if you could arrange the snow, but it's money that's the problem, LOL. I never have enough. Maybe one day when I'm old and grey, I'll come visit you and we can walk very slowly together through the snow. I think that's about when I will be able to afford it. But I would love to see the photos! So please do scan them.

Btw, I have seen snow, but I have never seen it fall.