Wintery Or Winter Holiday Poetry- Can Anyone Give Suggestions?

[KittyWampus]

Hello, I am doing an art project that could be much improved with the addtion of a nice verse or two of poetry that touches on either Winter or Winter Holidays.

Specifically, I'm making paper luminaries that use vellum inserts for the light to shine through.

Thought it'd be nice to have a verse printed onto the vellum.

Does anyone have any suggestions? :)

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

1. AN OLD MAN'S WINTER NIGHT by Robert Frost

AN OLD MAN'S WINTER NIGHT
All out of doors looked darkly in at him
Through the thin frost, almost in separate stars,
That gathers on the pane in empty rooms.
What kept his eyes from giving back the gaze
Was the lamp tilted near them in his hand.
What kept him from remembering what it was
That brought him to that creaking room was age.
He stood with barrels round him -- at a loss.
And having scared the cellar under him
In clomping there, he scared it once again
In clomping off; -- and scared the outer night,
Which has its sounds, familiar, like the roar
Of trees and crack of branches, common things,
But nothing so like beating on a box.
A light he was to no one but himself
Where now he sat, concerned with he knew what,
A quiet light, and then not even that.
He consigned to the moon, such as she was,
So late-arising, to the broken moon
As better than the sun in any case
For such a charge, his snow upon the roof,
His icicles along the wall to keep;
And slept. The log that shifted with a jolt
Once in the stove, disturbed him and he shifted,
And eased his heavy breathing, but still slept.
One aged man -- one man -- can't keep a house,
A farm, a countryside, or if he can,
It's thus he does it of a winter night.

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2. Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening by Robert Frost

Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

4. A Winter Eden by Robert Frost (hey, I like Robert Frost, what can I say?)

A Winter Eden

A winter garden in an alder swamp,
Where conies now come out to sun and romp,
As near a paradise as it can be
And not melt snow or start a dormant tree.

It lifts existence on a plane of snow
One level higher than the earth below,
One level nearer heaven overhead,
And last year's berries shining scarlet red.

It lifts a gaunt luxuriating beast
Where he can stretch and hold his highest feat
On some wild apple tree's young tender bark,
What well may prove the year's high girdle mark.

So near to paradise all pairing ends:
Here loveless birds now flock as winter friends,
Content with bud-inspecting. They presume
To say which buds are leaf and which are bloom.

A feather-hammer gives a double knock.
This Eden day is done at two o'clock.
An hour of winter day might seem too short
To make it worth life's while to wake and sport.

[KittyWampus]

6. Thank You Ever So Much. The Third Could Be Used

it is very difficult to break up an entire Frost poem to use only a few phrases. The words just flow into one another so easily. :)

[kitchen girl]

9. This is my favorite poem of all time.

I had to memorize it way back in 3rd or 4th grade. I fell in love with it, and with Frost way back then. Thanks for posting this!

[lynintenn]

10. My favorite too

Even though it was written about suicidal thoughts.

[Mr.Green93]

3. A Child's Christmas in Wales ..Dylan Thomas

www.bfsmedia.com/MAS/Dylan/Christmas.html

[KittyWampus]

8. Bookmarked That, Thanks. It'd Be Great For A Collage/Journal Page

will save that for future musings.

[TwentyFive]

5. Bigots are Red - Heros are Blue - we got a Nazi in the WH cause of you!

A little holiday greeting for red stater friends everwhere!

[KittyWampus]

7. That's A Little Too Dark For The Occassion.

:D

[grannylib]

11. This is a carol actually but it's one of my favorites - very poetic

Each winter as the year grows older
We each grow older too
The chill sets in a little colder
The verities we knew
Seem shaken and untrue

When race and class cry out for treason
When sirens call for war
They overshout the voice of reason
And scream 'til we ignore
All we held dear before

But I believe beyond believing
That life can spring from death
That growth can flower from our grieving
That we can catch our breath
And turn, transfixed by faith

So even as the sun is turning
To journey to the north
The living flame, in secret burning
Can kindle on the earth
And bring God's love to birth

O Child of ecstasy and sorrows
O Prince of Peace and Pain
Brighten today's world by tomorrow's
Renew our lives again
Lord Jesus, come and reign

[KittyWampus]

12. I REALLY REALLY Like That One :)

[grannylib]

13. I wish you could hear the melody; it's lovely and haunting and rather

medieval...just a beautiful beautiful song and sentiment.

[Dora]

14. Bartleby.com

has a great literary search engine - you can search for poems that contain certain words or phrases.

It's great for greeting cards.

[KittyWampus]

15. Thanks For The Tip!

:loveya:

[signmike]

16. A haiku ---

"Pearl Harbor"

Sleepy Sunday morning
Summer sailors shiver
A nip in the air.