Conqueror

By ritabelle511, River Falls, WI

Winter lasts forever
parasitic in nature as it
clings to the land
and spreads its ugliness
dull browns, muted grays
color the horizon
until spring comes as
a glorious conqueror and
dispels the hideous beast
from the land, bringing back
color and life where it had been
lost

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ohmakemeover said...
Jul. 28, 2011 at 12:07 am:

I love the format, especially how you seperated "lost" at the very end. It gives it a, dare I say, wintery feel. Although, as a Minnesota girl, I am inclined to disagree with the message- I love winter! But still a lovely poem, nonetheless.

ritabelle511 replied...
Jul. 29, 2011 at 11:26 am :

Thank you! And, as a Wisconsin girl, I enjoy winter as well - until it's the middle of March and the nasty, slushy snow won't leave! :)

ohmakemeover replied...
Jul. 29, 2011 at 12:48 pm :

Oh gosh, now I totally get it. Yeah, once it snows into April, I just wish it would all go away. Definitely agree.

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freeflow23 said...
Jun. 26, 2011 at 3:14 pm:

I really like this.

ritabelle511 replied...
Jun. 28, 2011 at 6:15 pm :

thank you!

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TwasBrilling said...
Jun. 23, 2011 at 10:08 pm:

This is great! I especially love the "until spring comes/ as a glorious conquerer and/dispels the hideous beast" Sometimes I felt that the line breaks were a little off, but still, it was really good!

ritabelle511 replied...
Jun. 24, 2011 at 9:04 am :

Thanks very much! And about the line breaks.....I didn't have a plan, I just went with it :) We had to write it in 3 minutes for a class, plus I'm not the greatest poet alive....haha thanks anyways!

Bill M. replied...
Jun. 26, 2011 at 2:46 pm :

Well written; I especially like that you didn't use punctuation. It gives the poem a more cyclical feel (like the seasons) and gets the message across. Although I can't relate as well (since I live in Florida and we get no snow), I know what snow is and can definately imagine. Great work.

ritabelle511 replied...
Jun. 28, 2011 at 6:12 pm :

Thanks! Snow up here can go from October to April (we had 2 snowstorms in April this year!), so it's definitely a nice change when spring rolls around!

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Garnet77 said...
Jun. 16, 2011 at 6:23 pm:

I'm not great at poetry, but I could picture everything in this poem. I like your pacing; it kind of got me wondering where you were going with this. It was really creative. I like it a lot :)

ritabelle511 replied...
Jun. 16, 2011 at 7:42 pm :

Thank you! I actually don't think I'm that great at poetry either, so it's nice to hear that it's okay, especially since it was kind of an experiment :)