Winter Came Early

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    Does anyone from the midwest remember the wicked snowstorm on Halloween around 1992? I wrote this the next day,as my children were quite upset that trick-or-treating had to wait for one more year.

    Winter Came Early

     We lit up our woodstove
    First fire of the year
    We gathered around it
    The flames bright and clear
    The cold winds had bared
    All the trees in our yard
    The winter came early
    And caught us off guard
    Summer then Winter
    What happened to Fall?
    First snow in October
    Came down at nightfall.

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    Rhymer commented on Winter Came Early

    08-07-2010

    I smell the wood smoke. Nice write, excellent read.....................
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    gogant commented on Winter Came Early

    08-07-2010

    Whatever happened to the stretch of time between a lovely summer and a chilling winter....you give us the answer with this lovely little ditty, Claire...............................................gogant
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    knight4696 commented on Winter Came Early

    12-13-2009

    Welcome to my world! In Mass we have 1 season it seems ... "Cold" Spring.Summer and Fall are so short lived here. So I can relate to this poem only all to well! : ) Nice Job! ... Ken
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    ginga commented on Winter Came Early

    12-12-2009

    Claire, Seasons come and go, and the weather does not always help us determine the date on the calendar. A simple but thought provoking perfect little poem. ginga
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    The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet (1803-1882)

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