Winter Landscapes

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Wed, 31 Dec 2025
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Dark brown fringe upon blue sky,
skeletal trees stretched, reaching high;
some look mangled, twigs all tangled,
some are brush-like, – symme-tree,
some are tall and thin in rows,
some well-orbed when mistletoe grows:

winter landscapes bleak and bare,
slumbering beauty everywhere!

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Comments

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you for cherries! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by marandina on

Such beauty in bleakness. The last line sums it up perfectly.

Gorgeous poem 

Happy New Year to you and yours, Rhiannon. 

 

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you. Pleased you liked that.

Hope you are all well and happy this new year. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Reminds me of Narnia! Lovely poem Rhiannon!

All the best, keep it up! Tom

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

thank you, Tom,, but Narnia was the picture of the soul needing the awakening to life! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Figuratively yes, in the first book of the chronicles the land is ruled by the evil Queen Taris, the white witch. The land is caught in eternal winter and there is never Christmas. The four children destined as kings and queens and the great Aslan, the Good Lion overthrow the witch and bring back spring and summer to Narnia.

The stories are a spiritual nature they are fascinating, fantasy mystery. My favourite "teenager" stories. There are altogether 7 "small" books of which only three has been made into films, Disney. Absolutely brilliant.

See you! Tom

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

The BBC adaptation in about 1988 onwards was good, and I think they covered, The Lion the Witch and the Wrrdrobe, Prince Caspian, The Dawn Treader, and the Silver chair. 

 

Submitted by Nolan on

OK !