The Weight of Winter

authorlaurablogJanuary 17, 2019Uncategorizedbeauty in nature, finding the beauty, inspiration, Mother Nature, nature, Nature photography, personification, photography, poetry, Snow, writing

Bearing the weight of winter

waiting for the sun

to warm my branches

to help me shed this

this winter coat.

This week, as I prepared a lesson on personification, I imagined how the trees must feel after a big snowfall.

Published by authorlaurablog

I'm a reading specialist from Chicago, now living in the beauty of the Roosevelt National Forest in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. My first book "Aliana Reaches for the Moon" features a creative and curious girl who loves science, her little brother, and her very patient parents. I'm currently writing a MG novel and several picture books with STEM elements and dogs. View more posts

3 thoughts on “The Weight of Winter”

Armann and Kaymann says:

January 18, 2019 at 6:13 am

Good post!

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Ally Bean says:

January 18, 2019 at 9:05 am

I like your photo. Trees do so much and they do it quietly. Good of you to voice their inner thoughts.

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1. authorlaurablog says:
  
  January 18, 2019 at 9:19 am
  
  Thank you for the compliments. I live in nature and if you listen, it speaks to you. 😊
  
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