The following poems explore the themes of winter, snow, and cold weather and are appropriate for young people.
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“[‘Tis the first snow—]” by Matsuo Basho
’Tis the first snow—
“London Snow” by Robert Bridges
When men were all asleep the snow came flying …
“There’s a certain Slant of light (258)” by Emily Dickinson
There’s a certain Slant of light …
“Winter is good – his Hoar Delights (1316)” by Emily Dickinson
Winter is good – his Hoar Delights
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“The Snow Storm” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Announced by all the trumpets of the sky …
“Dust of Snow” by Robert Frost
The way a crow …
“Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost
Some say the world will end in fire …
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost
Whose woods these are I think I know ...
“Grace” by Joy Harjo
I think of Wind and her wild ways the year we had nothing to lose ...
“Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden
Sundays too my father got up early …
“Woods in Winter” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
When winter winds are piercing chill …
“Winter” by Walter de la Mare
And the robin flew …
“After the Winter” by Claude McKay
Some day, when trees have shed their leaves …
“When the Year Grows Old” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
I cannot but remember …
“Ode to My Socks” by Pablo Neruda
Maru Mori brought me …
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“Snow” by Naomi Shihab Nye
Once with my scarf knotted over my mouth …
“Self-Portrait in the Time of Disaster” by Deborah Paredez
All morning my daughter pleading, outside ...
“Winter Twilight” by Anne Porter
On a clear winter’s evening …
“Thaw” by Lola Ridge
Blow through me wind ...
“As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII” by William Shakespeare
Blow, blow, thou winter wind …
“Snow Song” by Frank Dempster Sherman
Over valley, over hill …
“It is the time of rain and snow” by Izumi Shikibu
It is the time of rain and snow …
“Never May the Fruit Be Picked” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Never, never may the fruit be plucked from the bough ...
“The Snow Man” by Wallace Stevens
One must have a mind of winter …
“Picture-books in Winter” by Robert Louis Stevenson
Summer fading, winter comes …
“On Snow” by Jonathan Swift
From Heaven I fall, though from earth I begin …
“Places [III. Winter Sun]” by Sara Teasdale
There was a bush with scarlet berries …
“A Winter Blue Jay” by Sara Teasdale
Crisply the bright snow whispered …
“The Snowfall Is So Silent” by Miguel de Unamuno
The snowfall is so silent …
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“Winter Branches” by Margaret Widdemer
When winter-time grows weary, I lift my eyes on high …
“Sounds of the Winter” by Walt Whitman
Sounds of the winter too …
“Approach of Winter” by William Carlos Williams
The half-stripped trees …
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“Winter Trees” by William Carlos Williams
All the complicated details …
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