The tin of winter

In pale winter dawn
tongues of flakes
cease to speak;
birch trees stiffen into place,
waist-deep in a snowy mound.

Cold stalks through a sluice
of ice in a pond,
fish frozen in a swim,
hunger for a fisher’s hook,
prologue to a drown.

Blackened sky taunts
the clouded wind
anxious to drift
softly snow; headlong
into white reflections down.

On stilted legs, winter paints
a season long,
knowing not spring nor
summer warmth;
not haste for a thawing gaunt.

I remember that moment
and the cold wing,
when a dark sky emptied
its promise; you are so white
suddenly; endlessly snow.

Copyright © 12/02/18 lance sheridan®

The tin of winter

Andrew Wyeth

77 comments on “The tin of winter

  1. kaddietucker says:


  2. While reading this I was transported there.


  3. sebby holmes says:



  5. Ética Hoje says:

    Como sempre,
    Muito bonito seu poema.
    O seu inverno me fez
    pensar no verão que
    Vai iniciar aqui
    no Brasil e que sempre
    são bem quentes
    Tudo de bom


  7. Brilliant. I’m truly amazed by your writing

  8. Lona Gynt says:


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  11. da-AL says:

    beautiful & sparse, like winter 🙂

  12. ssfrerking says:


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  15. Susi Bocks says:

    “when a dark sky emptied
    its promise; you are so white”
    Lovely, Lance!

  16. aruna3 says:


  17. Ramyani Bhattacharya says:

    Sensational 😍

  18. Ankur Mithal says:

    Paints a picture. I live in a warm climate but have experienced the frigidity, and beauty, of a snowy landscape. It seems it will never end.

  19. Breathtaking explanation of thoughts wound in a beautiful poem

  20. Sue Young says:

    Extremely vivid and beautifully written. I can see the landscape and feel the cold! Thank you for posting.

  21. I long for this view in the early morning. Here is always sultry😫

  22. ortensia says:

    “On stilted legs, winter paints a season long, knowing not spring nor summer warmth; not haste for a thawing gaunt”. My favorite verse of a winter masterpiece😍

  23. ekurie says:

    Beautiful. Peaceful. Thanks so much for following.

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