第1540期:A Poem – Winter is a strange season
Winter is a strange season
One man’s winter is Spring
To another
Winter begins every year
It ends every next
Sometimes it’s cold and short
Heavy snow, stormy, hyperborean
Other times it’s not quite so
It drags on and long
Till Armageddon
Winter starts on different dates
Nov 7 or 8
More or less
Sonnet or later
14 days after Frost’s Descent
That’s for sure
It’s the law of solar terms
No one can break the law of Nature
Everyone is mortal
Frost descents quite often
Early morning
Deep in the woods
If you gaze up
Nothing can be seen
Too many trees
Too thick branches
Too much foliage
Too thin the atmosphere
Out of all animals’ reach
Winter befalls
Early next month
That I am sure
Prepare your thick jacket
mink, down-filled, overcoat,
Made of animals’ skin
Fur, body, and blood.
Some winters are warm
Yet some freezing numb
Winter is a strange season
Even if every piece of snowflake looks alike
No one can step into the same winter
Whatsoever