Winter Magic - a multi-author anthology of poetry and prose

Words of Winter

by Sammi Cox

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The wind blew through the

Frost-encrusted trees

Whispering words of winter

Telling tales of snow and ice

Chilling all it touched with its

Frozen fingers

That clawed through the air

Until it reached the very heart of everything

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The wind blew through the

Frost-encrusted trees

Whispering words of winter

Telling tales of the lengthening night

Of the diminishing day

Of the growing darkness

That consumed all

Until it reached the very heart of everything

*

The wind blew through the

Frost-encrusted trees

Whispering words of winter

Telling tales of a hibernating earth

Where deep sleep – or slow death

Claimed all it met

Spreading fear and dread

Until it reached the very heart of everything

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The wind blew through the

Frost-encrusted trees

Whispering words of winter

But the sun was reborn

The spell was broken

The song it did change

And now the words that were whispered

Were of warmth and of light

Telling tales of the harsh winter's thawing