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Winter's Light
(: Please tell me about the light or lights of Winter, wherever you're at... Natural daylight or the glow of lamps inside... or lack thereof... I just want to know about the light :)
Ended December 16, 2023 • 18 Entries • Created by Last
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Winter's Light
(: Please tell me about the light or lights of Winter, wherever you're at... Natural daylight or the glow of lamps inside... or lack thereof... I just want to know about the light :)
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kuiper in Poetry & Free Verse
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the night--

The wintry night sky reminds me

Of some gaping void

Excited to swallow

The underlying Earth

And when the Sun

Slips below the horizon

Does it feel jealous?

Of its counterpart who gets to enjoy the night?

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Winter's Light
(: Please tell me about the light or lights of Winter, wherever you're at... Natural daylight or the glow of lamps inside... or lack thereof... I just want to know about the light :)
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MClarice in Poetry & Free Verse
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Winter’s Shy Light

Winter, you know, it’s got this kind of light.

It's not loud like summer, nor rich like fall, it's... different.

It's this shy light, peeking, barely there.

Like a dream you're trying to remember, but it slips away.

It's silver, kind of, like an old photo,

painting everything quiet and still.

And inside, right, there's this other light.

The kind that pools around an old lamp, all golden.

It's cozy, makes shadows dance slow on the walls,

like they got nowhere to be.

In that glow, everything feels like a memory,

whispering stories, warming your hands.

There's something about it being so rare,

makes you appreciate it more, you know?

You pay attention, 'cause it's not shouting, it's whispering.

Makes you look closer, listen harder.

In the heart of winter, light’s like a rare visitor,

leaves footprints in your mind.

It's this quiet, steady thing,

reminding you that even when it's cold,

there’s this little glow, just enough

to light your way.

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Winter's Light
(: Please tell me about the light or lights of Winter, wherever you're at... Natural daylight or the glow of lamps inside... or lack thereof... I just want to know about the light :)
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beatricegomes in Poetry & Free Verse
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Winter Lights

A snowy winter brings a blinding end to autumn's crisp darkness. The bare branches stretch hungrily toward the sun but instead meet snowflakes to envelop them until the land thaws in the spring.

The snow reflects onto the neighborhood and adds a soft glow to accompany the twinkling string lights decorating the buildings. A young couple walks hand-in-hand down the sidewalk, their love-drunk smiles illuminated by the rows of holiday decor lining the street. The plastic reindeer's red nose blinks and it tilts its head toward them as they pass.

Ten years later, children press their noses against the window to watch the sparkling ice crystals drift down and blanket the grass. Their mother finishes draping the last length of string lights around the Christmas tree. They light up various baubles along with the ornament that her youngest child made in school and the photo of her late husband. It's not much, but they light up her world every Christmas.

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Winter's Light
(: Please tell me about the light or lights of Winter, wherever you're at... Natural daylight or the glow of lamps inside... or lack thereof... I just want to know about the light :)
keCrowe in Poetry & Free Verse
25 reads

always

backseat of the same car

we've had since I was ten

we drive through the town I grew up in

and am desperate to leave behind

we look at the lights

tradition

snowflakes hang in the air with the very same

brilliance of a camera flash

artificial illumination stains the lawns

and it's beautiful

like always

but there's that pit in my stomach

that comes with the season

of knowing the traditions

and the performances I have to put on

to hide the pain of being home

where you don't know me

not really

not anymore

you can't see me

not behind the shine of that practiced smile

not behind the lights

astigmatism augments

and obstructs your view

like always

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Winter's Light
(: Please tell me about the light or lights of Winter, wherever you're at... Natural daylight or the glow of lamps inside... or lack thereof... I just want to know about the light :)
soy222 in Poetry & Free Verse
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Before Disturbance

The orange glow against the pillowy white.

It's 2 am and the layers are only building.

You take a deep breath.

You can almost smell the crispness in the air.

The silence fills your ears.

You know it will be different in the morning.

Before foot prints and tires tracks.

Before the bright sun comes out and everything is much more clear.

But now you just breathe,

and enjoy the haze the street lamps bring.

In the haze,

you don't have to worry about life, you can just enjoy the cold air on your face

and snow at your feet.

Under the street lamp light at 2 am, life is quiet

and life is good.

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Winter's Light
(: Please tell me about the light or lights of Winter, wherever you're at... Natural daylight or the glow of lamps inside... or lack thereof... I just want to know about the light :)
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dctezcan in Poetry & Free Verse
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Winter’s night

the day

has passed to

winter's night

long and cold

soft fading light

the silence

muffled

by a blanket white

everything everywhere

glistening bright

a moment's burst

a quiet glow

life melts

away

like

winter

snow

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Winter's Light
(: Please tell me about the light or lights of Winter, wherever you're at... Natural daylight or the glow of lamps inside... or lack thereof... I just want to know about the light :)
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bob_ross_fan in Poetry & Free Verse
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Winter Light

Cast upon the snow

Shines a somber light

Soon the moon shall rise

Beckoning the night

Low lies the sun

Weary to the bone

Succumbing to darkness

A stranger to the throne

Steady reigns the umbra

All becoming shadow

Star speckled blackness

Casts a ghostly glow

Clenched by icy fists

A time of plenty quelled

Silence fills the land

Barren and bespelled

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Winter's Light
(: Please tell me about the light or lights of Winter, wherever you're at... Natural daylight or the glow of lamps inside... or lack thereof... I just want to know about the light :)
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7v7 in Poetry & Free Verse
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Winter’s Light

Maybe it's the halo

falling

from the streetlamp

the illusion of warmth

that it doesn't give

to the tramp

gathering

below in half-mittens

with patent shoes a step

too big for going out

and there's nothing

sexy in the piano grin

chattering into the hush

of snowflake audience

bowing down

in thanks

evaporating...

a mug of hot water

would really add

to the sparkle

of the sky

in a steam

reminiscent of

the pocked manhole

to the left of the street

I've got little comfort

in borrowed coat

but two bus tokens

rattling

beneath...

a piece offering

to my conscience

and we say nothing.

Springville? a chuckle

as the advertisement

pulls in along side

and the doors

to heaven

shudder open

we'll be warm

and sleep...

for a while.

12.11.2023

Winter's Light challenge @Last

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Winter's Light
(: Please tell me about the light or lights of Winter, wherever you're at... Natural daylight or the glow of lamps inside... or lack thereof... I just want to know about the light :)
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pretty_archaic in Poetry & Free Verse
25 reads

Land of Lights

Every day with you, and tonight,

bring me to see the Christmas display,

it’s lurid and fun and gives us a headache.

With your cap pulled down low

and your collar turned up to the wind,

lead me along like a puppy-dog, I swear

I will skip on the sidewalk and grin like an idiot

just like you are my whole world.

My whole life with you, every night.

Tonight, the moon is humongous and yellow.

From what’s left of your paycheck,

you drop a coin in my two open hands.

I have nothing to give, except for

the hot cocoa you bought me, so

we share that and consider

a whole life together.

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Winter's Light
(: Please tell me about the light or lights of Winter, wherever you're at... Natural daylight or the glow of lamps inside... or lack thereof... I just want to know about the light :)
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speedtype in Poetry & Free Verse
25 reads

Relieved.

No swim practice.

No cold pool.

No suffering.

Still dark.

4:58 AM.

Outside.

Waiting for a ride.

Cold.

Not as cold as the pool.

Content.

Still quite dark, though.

A flash.

A hissing noise.

Firecracker?

No.

Shooting star.

Shooting star??

Yes, shooting star!

In the sky!

Close by!

Close enough to see bits flying off.

Passes quickly.

Takes a bit to process.

Lit up the dark.

Lit up my day.

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