Christmas lights merrily twinkle; soon to be put away
Melting footprints in the snow; has winter had its day?
Snowmen in every garden, created by glove covered hands
Size and shape slightly different, proudly each one stands
At night they gather round, discussing the events of the day
Something doesn’t feel right; children aren’t coming out to play
Hopes were high, life felt good; their future long and bright
But the weather’s set to change, tonight is their last night!
By morning they all realise their fate has already been sealed
Marching into the forest, their destiny is sadly revealed
Discarded carrots, pieces of coal, a flattened woollen beret
A long way from Christmas, when they were all making merry
Patches of green slowly emerge: peeping through the melted ice
Fun times are finally over; it’s now time to pay the price
Their life span isn’t very long; but packed with winter fun
A long standing tradition handed down from snow-father to son
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Author:
MaggieF (
Offline) - Published: September 6th, 2018 04:59
- Comment from author about the poem: I wrote this last year, after finding my inner child and building a snowman in my garden, I was surprisingly upset when it melted a few days later!
- Category: Nature
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A fine write Maggie.
Thank you for your kind comment. Maggie
I just loved this Maggie - sad though.
Thanks Lorna, I felt really sad last year when my snowman melted! I need to get out more. Maggie
Ahhh the tender Irish heart! There's more satisfaction to be had from snowmen sometimes than real people!
Very good write Maggie, great to see you again. Welcome to MPS.
Thank you Goldfginch its nice to see some familiar names, I look forward to reading lots more poems. Maggie
WELCOME MAGGIE ~ Thanks for your first Poem ~ a bit UNSEASONABLE but excellent in STRUCTURE & SUBJECT ! I have written a FUSION (you have to check DEVELOPING to see it) on SEASONS perhaps you might like to add one on WINTER. I have just been to AUCKLAND (NZ) in Winter to visit my Fiancee ANGELA who is on a Work Exchange ! Unfortunately though Auckland being SUB-TROPICAL never gets any Snow. Winter without snow & frost isn't Winter. Snowmen in ESSEX where I live generally have a very TRANSIENT life ~ "Here today & gone tomorrow ~ which is very sad for the KIDS who helped to make them. Thanks for reminding us that it will soon be WINTER and the ERA of the SNOWMEN ~ AMEN
Yours BRIAN 😎 Please check my POEM on CHILDREN ~ Thanks B !
Thank you so much for your warm welcome and kind comments, I'm just back from a trip to Kent so tomorrow I look forward to reading lots of new poetry, including yours. Maggie
Thank you for reading my poem, I've not been on a poetry site for over a year and had forgotten how enjoyable reading other people's poem was and also receiving comments on my poems. Thank you. Maggie
Wow that was a great comment to wake up to thank you very much. Msggie
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