Winter Gauze
We saw winter come dressed in gauze,
Sheer transparent white
Dancing and swirling;
Dressing fields, roofs, cars and plants
in wondrous coats,
Dress designers drop their tools.
Give up.
Sun rises higher in the sky
warming, smiling, revealing.
Cars don’t look so pretty now.
Only nature shines in many hues.
A plant pot catches my eyes
as it displays,
Little fir tree in spring green
lit from within
Surrounded by flowers so glowing
in sheer gold, burnished gold,
deep purple heather for show.
The sky exhilaratingly blue
after many grey and sad looking days.
My heart sings with the birds
as I finish Sunday breakfast
conversing with you.
©miriam ivarson
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This is so beautiful and joyous, Miriam. I really enjoyed it.
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Thank you Robbie for this beautiful comment. To give some joy I see as a blessing.
Miriam
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Joyous Miriam 💕
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I am glad you felt joy, Ashok. May the smile last.💕.
Miriam
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😊🤗
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So beautiful and joy to eyes
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Ahhh …, joy for both eyes and heart. What more could I ask.
Miriam
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True
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Beautiful, Miriam. Thank you for sharing. ❤
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Jill, thank you so much for your lovely comment. Those moments of awe and beauty are worth sharing. Make our hearts smile.💕🦋.
Miriam
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Thanks for sharing your view with us!
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Thank yu u Kate, it is my great pleasure to share and I am so glad you enjoyed. 😘
Miriam
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Lovely poem Miriam. I was picturing a winter dusting of snow.
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And you were right, Brad. It was mist freezing and some very fine snow.
Thank you.
Miriam
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A beautiful celebrations, dear Miriam! ❤ Must share… xo
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Thank you Bette. Your delightful comment makes sharing an even greater joy. 💕.
Miriam
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You had me at the title, Miriam. I could picture this lacy scrim of frost on everything outside. And you delivered on the promise – a perfect tribute to winter’s promise to make way for spring.
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Sharon, thank you for your beautiful comment. Scrim of frost is exactly what I tried to show. Sheer and like lace. Also how a seemingly ‘ordinary’ day can turn into a morning of celebration.
Miriam
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Lovely images Miriam, capturing winter in words is not an easy endeavor but you have done it superbly. “Dress designers drop their tools” is too good… who could compete with Mother Nature? 🙂
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Thank you Balroop for your wonderful comment. You make me happy with your words. So glad you noticed ” the dress designer drop their tools”.
As you say, who can compete with nature? We can but try …. 😊
Miriam
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I immediately love the title, Miriam. Your descriptive colours (“hues”) add depth and layers to your words. I appreciate you sharing the beauty you see.
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Thank you Erica/Erika, I am so happy with your comment. The title came as I
opened the drapes and saw … beauty. Like all of you I love sharing what can lift us. 🌻.
Miriam
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Love the poem, Miriam. And yes, a clear blue sky in winter is just as pretty as in summer. 😊
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Thank you for your lovely comment, Jennifer. I am so glad you liked my
poem. 😊
Miriam
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thank you Chuck, that is a great delight. 🎶😊.
Miriam
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Magical, Miriam! 😀 You capture the artistic wonder of nature with beauty and awe … we can just sit back and enjoy the miracle of such moments! I love your photo accompanying your poem, it has its own ethereal light and celebrates the “Sheer transparent white / Dancing and swirling”. I’m hoping to see many such mornings this winter but alas far too few – your words will create the winter magic instead! xx
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Thank you Annika for your so beautiful comment. Nature is Art of highest order and as you say, leaves us in awe and wonder. I am really so glad if I could convey some magic to you. There has been too many grey and rainy days this winter so the shining white was the more thrilling.
Your words are as always quite magical and full of life, bless.
Xx💕.
Miriam
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Lovely imagery. So beautiful. ❤️
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Thank you Lucy and glad to see you here. 💕
Miriam
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Awesome image, Miriam and such a delightful poem, loved every stanza.
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A big thank you for your beautiful response. I am so glad you liked my words
and felt part of nature’s display.
miriam
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Yes absolutely Miriam. Welcome 😊😊😊😊 always.
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Great job of capturing the beauty of winter, Miriam. Makes me think of our deck on cold mornings when it is decorated in white! Thanks. –Curt
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Thank you for your lovely comment, Curt. I bet your deck and the surroundings look gorgeous in such sheer light.
I grew up in a country with snowy winters and loved it. The snow made everything light and shimmering and provided so many new games for all of us.
Miriam
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Including old fashioned snow ball fights, I’ll bet. 🙂 –Curt
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Definitely snow ball fights, and building of forts. Also skiing and sledging
and attempts to build igloos. That wasn’t easy now …
Miriam
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Another day of birdsong and blue skies here, Miriam. 🙂 🙂 Sending hugs!
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Hugs straight back to you, Jo. Thank you for your lovely comment. 🤗.
Miriam
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This is wonderful, Miriam! And living in MN with the winter snows, I think you have done a fabulous job of capturing that beauty of falling snow ❤
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Julie, your positive comment makes my heart smile. Thank you.
I am glad you could see your own beautiful landscape through my words.
I sometimes wonder if that is what makes writing magic. Each one looks at
something that should never be overlooked.
Bless
Miriam
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