The Spot Writers – “Winter Is Coming”

Welcome to The Spot Writers. The prompt for this month is “winter is coming.”

 

This week it’s Cathy MacKenzie’s turn. Her writings are found in numerous print and online publications. She writes all genres but invariably veers toward the dark—so much so her late mother once asked, “Can’t you write anything happy?” (She can!)

She recently published WHEN KAYAKS FLY, a mix of fantasy, real life, and gallows humour. This book was made possible after three years of Spot Writers’ prompts—after much editing and re-writing. Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1990589332.

Check out www.writingwicket.wordpress.com for further information on Cathy’s works.

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“Winter Is Coming”

Halloween and Remembrance Day: over and done like a shot from a gun, and all that’s left for 2024 is an open door for Christmas and holiday fare with festivities and flare,

With the upcoming celebrations across the nations, we feel the chill on the other side of the hill, see branches becoming bare in the days’ glare and hovering grey skies with our wide eyes,

Days grow shorter, nights stretch even longer, and gloomy canvases loom, waiting for snow so white and spring to bloom with colourful paint,

As winter carves its way, scarves wrap us tight, mittened hands are shoved in pockets, plans are altered,

Footsteps crunch on frozen leaves, breaths spiral as if chimney smoke, and we welcome beckoning hearths that crackle with song so strong,

Family hovers ’round the fireplace as if new-found friends, drinking wine so fine, munching snacks like Cracker Jacks and chips with dips, and memories we share, songs we sing,

We forget the wrongs,

We anticipate more beauty to come: sparkling snowflakes, white blankets upon the ground, lace-etched window panes,

Beyond the frost and cold, spring lingers to warm the chill…

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Val Muller: http://www.valmuller.com/blog/

Catherine A. MacKenzie: https://writingwicket.wordpress.com/wicker-chitter/

Phil Yeats: https://alankemisterauthor.wordpress.com

Chiara De Giorgi: https://chiaradegiorgi.blogspot.ca/

The Spot Writers – “A Dance of Seasons” by Chiara De Giorgi

Welcome to The Spot Writers. The current prompt: write a poem or story in which one of the characters is a weather, personified. 

This week’s contribution comes from Chiara De Giorgi. Chiara is currently in Berlin, Germany, doing her best to catch up with semi-abandoned writing projects. Her YA novel “Mi chiamo Elisa” was published in Italy by “Le Mezzelane Casa Editrice” in September 2020. Coming soon, a children’s book about Quantum Theory: “Chiara e il gatto di Schrödinger”.

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“A dance of seasons” by Chiara De Giorgi

I bring the frost, the wind, the cold, the snow,

Transparent icicles hanging from the roofs,

I paint the stillness over Night’s moonglow,

My white snowflakes speak unspoken truths.

Winter is my name and here’s my call:

I am the loveliest season of us all.

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The sun gets warmer when I come along,

I paint fresh flowers on the naked grass,

The birds start singing happily their song,

A glorious tune that nothing can surpass.

Spring is my name and here’s my call:

I am the loveliest season of us all.

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I offer you the longest of your days,

Sunlight and warmth like no one else,

And fruits that ripen under my own sun’s rays,

The sweetest honey little bees may bless.

Summer is my name and here’s my call:

I am the loveliest season of us all.

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I give the leaves a thousand graceful hues,

Rust brown and red and yellow green,

I paint with vivid colours all your views,

A chilly rain falls over all that’s been.

Autumn is my name and here’s my call:

I am the loveliest season of us all.

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No one can win this seasons’ dance,

Because there is no winner amongst us.

The cold, the warmth, the sun, and all the stars

are what gives life her countless charms.

So, winter, spring, and summer and the fall

We are four lovely seasons, and that’s all.

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The Spot Writers—Our Members:

Val Muller: http://www.valmuller.com/blog/

Catherine A. MacKenzie: https://writingwicket.wordpress.com/wicker-chitter/

Phil Yeats: https://alankemisterauthor.wordpress.com

Chiara De Giorgi: https://chiaradegiorgi.blogspot.com/