A Walk Through Winter
Coats
buttoned
top to bottom.
Boots laced for
twig-snapping, woodland
stomping.
Where frost
has stitched its silvery threads;
garlanding the way
with pearly white,
ice bright,
light.
Berries
festoon hedgerows
with glittery baubles:
ice-sprinkled,
scarlet,
twinkles.
The frozen
snap and crack of ice
on a puddle.
The surface splinters
as boots plunge
deep into
winter.
We shiver
beneath twilight sliver.
A deepening hue seeping
into silent night sky;
a silver moon,
star steeped,
dipped in ink.
And now,
home.
Cradling hot cocoa
beside fireside glows,
thawing out
ice-rink
toes.
buttoned
top to bottom.
Boots laced for
twig-snapping, woodland
stomping.
Where frost
has stitched its silvery threads;
garlanding the way
with pearly white,
ice bright,
light.
Berries
festoon hedgerows
with glittery baubles:
ice-sprinkled,
scarlet,
twinkles.
The frozen
snap and crack of ice
on a puddle.
The surface splinters
as boots plunge
deep into
winter.
We shiver
beneath twilight sliver.
A deepening hue seeping
into silent night sky;
a silver moon,
star steeped,
dipped in ink.
And now,
home.
Cradling hot cocoa
beside fireside glows,
thawing out
ice-rink
toes.
This poem is copyright (©) Kelly Burden 2024
About the Writer
Kelly Burden
Kelly lives in West Sussex with her husband and young daughter. She recently graduated with distinction from The University of Winchester’s MA in Writing for Children and is currently working on her first middle-grade novel. Kelly enjoys writing poetry for children and has several picture book ideas brewing and bubbling away, too. When not writing, Kelly loves nothing more than reading, cooking or sewing and if a cup of tea is involved, all the better!
