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George J. Dance wrote:
Sunday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
Winter, by Bernard Barton

Thou hast thy beauties: sterner ones, I own,
Than those of thy precursors; yet to thee
Belong the charms of solemn majesty
[...]

https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/01/winter-bernard-barton.html

Another great selection and another obscure poet again in the spotlight.


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George J. Dance wrote:
Sunday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
Winter, by Bernard Barton

Thou hast thy beauties: sterner ones, I own,
Than those of thy precursors; yet to thee
Belong the charms of solemn majesty
[...]

https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/01/winter-bernard-barton.html

I see that NancyGene, your biggest fan, is sniffing along behind you as usual, GJD.

EfyA


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Sunday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
Winter, by Bernard Barton

Thou hast thy beauties: sterner ones, I own,
Than those of thy precursors; yet to thee
Belong the charms of solemn majesty
[...]

https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/01/winter-bernard-barton.html


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George J. Dance wrote:
Sunday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
Winter, by Bernard Barton

Thou hast thy beauties: sterner ones, I own,
Than those of thy precursors; yet to thee
Belong the charms of solemn majesty
[...]

https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/01/winter-bernard-barton.html

Beautiful selection in the art attachment as well, by the way.


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George J. Dance wrote:

Will-Dockery wrote:

George J. Dance wrote:
Sunday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
Winter, by Bernard Barton

Thou hast thy beauties: sterner ones, I own,
Than those of thy precursors; yet to thee
Belong the charms of solemn majesty
[...]

https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/01/winter-bernard-barton.html

Beautiful selection in the art attachment as well, by the way.

Yes, it is a fantastic picture. I went looking in the commons for an illustration that
communicated "solemn majesty" (expecting or hoping that I might find that in a
work of art), and WolfmanSF's photograph jumped out at me.

It's a bit overblown for my liking ("Thou hast thy beauties" -- ugh!).

Here's a much better poem on "Winter":

WINTER


Winter tears into my heart
Icicle talons wet with fallen tears,
Gnaws on my bones like packs of angry rats
Pummels the land with cold, then disappears
Like color from a world encased in snow.

November rears her somber head
And drains the color from the sky,
Strips Autumn's tatters from the bare-branched trees
Freezes the landscape, heaves her North-wind sigh
With crooked footsteps, hobbles on her way.

December comes with frigid sneer
Assails the land with blasts of sleet and snow,
Sucks every drop of pleasure from the sun;
We decorate the season, but we know
The gangrene venom in her icy sting.

In January all the world lies dead.
Snow falls on snow and hardens into ice.
We pin our hopes upon the coming year,
Lhude sing Goddamm with Pound, not once, but twice
And huddle by the fire's dying flame.

Then February creeps into our bones
And settles in for six more weeks of pain,
As Winter shadows fall across our souls...
Till March winds blow the cold away again
And drown our sorrows with the April rain.


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George J. Dance wrote:

Will Dockery wrote:

George J. Dance wrote:

Sunday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:

Winter, by Bernard Barton

Thou hast thy beauties: sterner ones, I own,
Than those of thy precursors; yet to thee
Belong the charms of solemn majesty
[...]

https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/01/winter-bernard-barton.html

Beautiful selection in the art attachment as well, by the way.

Yes, it is a fantastic picture. I went looking in the commons for an illustration that
communicated "solemn majesty" (expecting or hoping that I might find that in a
work of art), and WolfmanSF's photograph jumped out at me.

It's a bit overblown for my liking ("Thou hast thy beauties" -- ugh!).

Here's a much better poem on "Winter":

WINTER

Winter tears into my heart
Icicle talons wet with fallen tears,
Gnaws on my bones like packs of angry rats
Pummels the land with cold, then disappears
Like color from a world encased in snow.

November rears her somber head
And drains the color from the sky,
Strips Autumn's tatters from the bare-branched trees
Freezes the landscape, heaves her North-wind sigh
With crooked footsteps, hobbles on her way.

December comes with frigid sneer
Assails the land with blasts of sleet and snow,
Sucks every drop of pleasure from the sun;
We decorate the season, but we know
The gangrene venom in her icy sting.

In January all the world lies dead.
Snow falls on snow and hardens into ice.
We pin our hopes upon the coming year,
Lhude sing Goddamm with Pound, not once, but twice
And huddle by the fire's dying flame.

Then February creeps into our bones
And settles in for six more weeks of pain,
As Winter shadows fall across our souls...
Till March winds blow the cold away again
And drown our sorrows with the April rain.

Who wrote that one?

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From Newsgroup: alt.arts.poetry.comments

George J. Dance wrote:

Will-Dockery wrote:

George J. Dance wrote:
Sunday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
Winter, by Bernard Barton

Thou hast thy beauties: sterner ones, I own,
Than those of thy precursors; yet to thee
Belong the charms of solemn majesty
[...]

https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/01/winter-bernard-barton.html

Beautiful selection in the art attachment as well, by the way.

Yes, it is a fantastic picture. I went looking in the commons for an illustration that
communicated "solemn majesty" (expecting or hoping that I might find that in a
work of art), and WolfmanSF's photograph jumped out at me.

Agreed, beautiful scene.


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