Winter Graffiti
Sleet filled air
Tracing patterns across the landscape
Wind whipped names
Tagged by ice and snow
Hieroglyphics extolling
The mysteries of cardinals
Sparrows and doves
Created to be lost and rewritten
By the late winter sun
The Course of Our Seasons
Observations from the Garden
The Course of Our Seasons 
How beautiful, this ode to winter wonder. Delights are there, everywhere, aren’t they? We must simply have the eyes to see, the will to appreciate. Nicely done.
http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2013/02/22/it-is-written-vehicles-of-the-word/
Thanks you, Kim – always appreciate you dropping by! K
Well done for an original take on Anna’s prompt. Every poem I’ve visited has me going, “Now why didn’t I think of that?” and head-palming. D’oh!
You are so very kind, Tony – thanks! K
awww! I wonder who made these patterns?? ;-).
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You might be able to guess, TJ- He’s a sweet guy we know! – K
Lovely take on the prompt.
Oh the pleasure of leaving first footprints on freshly lain snow and of the ability to see where wildlife has left its mark…
Anna :o]
One of my favorite things – tracks in the snow – thanks, Anna! K
oh wow…snow is a wonderful playground for all kind of nature graffiti…and love the man-made on your pic as well…so romantic…nice
He’s a pretty sweet guy! Thanks, Claudia – K
I love leaving my mark on the snow–footprints, writing. Nature does give us a sparkling white canvas to express ourselves on.
Yes, it does – Thanks, Susan – K
love the ice and bird adventures
Thanks – K
Writing in ice & snow is so much fun. Hadn’t thought about it as grafitti before. What a cool concept. 🙂 nicely done
Thanks, Gretchen – so happy you liked it! K
Beautiful… 🙂
Thanks! K
I enjoyed the photos and really appreciate the bird graffiti, what an original idea. I live on the top of a snowy mountain so we get lots of animal tracks. Thanks so much for joining us.
Thanks, Anna, it was a fun prompt -K
love it….just love it…..i always write in the snow. thank you
So happy you did – thanks! K
Lovely. k.
Thanks! K
I like the graffiti on the ice…how sweet of your hubby 🙂
He is a pretty sweet guy! Thanks – K
excellent example of reverse graffiti: Cool.
Did you go out and do these ?
the pics are of my husbands handiwork – he’s pretty sweet 🙂 K
Beautiful Kathleen. Stay warm!
Thanks, Lorri – are you feeling better? We are keeping warm – made an oldfashioned pound cake today – the rewards of snow days! K
I am doing better – I made chicken and noodles yesterday so I had warm soup today. The ice was spectaular
really cool last picture there…the sun takes them away…i am rather fond of the ones that the birds leave in their scratch and footprints…wonder what they are trying to convey…smiles….a bit of natures graffiti…kinda cool thought that…smiles.
that is Bob’s handiwork lol- I love the little bird foot prints too and I looked for some to photograph , but we had ice and sleet – not a good mediam for tracks. Thanks as always, Brian! K
Thank you for your poetry and for describing beautifully what I might walk past without a thought. I’ll think of winter graffiti while hiking in the snow.
Thanks so much for stopping by- Always happy to get to know other Ozark bloggers! K
Wonderful concept of winter graffiti — of finding traces of meanings and mysteries in the ice and snow. I love the ending — how the winter sun rewrites the markings. Enjoyed this poem a lot, Kathleen! Dee
Thanks so much, Dee, that means a lot! K