Snow Poems

Snow Poems

Winter's Wonder: Poems About the Magic of Snowflakes

Winter has very few redeeming qualities. Many animals find that the best thing to do is simply sleep through it. Studies show that human beings sleep more during the winter months as well. One of the few redeeming qualities of winter is snow. There are few things more magical than looking out the window from your house and discovering those first flurries gently falling to the ground. When the snow builds up outside our houses it envelops us in a warm cocoon. The time has come to put on your warm slippers, a cozy blanket, and curl up with some hot chocolate.

11 Winter Snow Poems

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  1. 1. Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening

    This deceptively simple poem is by Robert Frost (1874 – 1963). He wrote it in 1922 in a few moments after being up the entire night writing a long and complicated poem. The poem uses an AABA rhyme scheme. The repetition of the last line emphasizes the profundity contained in the last stanza, a popular reading for funerals.


    Whose woods these are I think I know.
    His house is in the village though;
    He will not see me stopping here
    To watch his woods fill up with snow.

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    I was all of 16 years old (1958) at Oak Park High. We finished subjugating and conjugating at the end of our sophomore year. Finally I could put that dangling participle to rest and move on...

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  3. 2. A Snowflake Falls

    Nothing is permanent, so let's be present to the good in our lives because it will not last forever.

    • By Ruth Adams
    • Published: November 2006 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    One night I saw a snowflake fall.
    Past memories it did recall.

    And as the snow fell to the ground,

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    Superb, poetry as its best.

    We should count our blessings one by one,
    Every night and day, lest they be gone.
    Friends and family, hold onto them tight,
    For they may disappear in a...

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  5. 3. The Silence Of The Snow

    How silent is the snow as it falls and covers everything it touches.

    • By Ruth D. Velenski
    • Published: January 2018 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    The night sky is a dull grey white.
    An opaque dust sheet floats so light
    Upon the roofs and lamps and cars.
    It settles so softly like falling stars.

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    Oh for the winters of long ago, when the earth would often be covered in snow. How beautifully this poem describes snowflakes silently falling throughout the still of the night and the world...

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  6. 4. Snow Day

    Hi. I'm Sam. I am 12 years old. I chose to write this poem because I wanted a snow day. I wrote about all the stuff I would do, like sledding or drinking hot chocolate. The funny thing is the next day we actually got a snow day and I got to do all the things I mentioned in my poem.

    • By Sam D
    • Published: January 2009 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    Snow is falling to the ground,
    Piling up in enormous mounds.
    School is canceled for the day.
    Children run outside to play.

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    We, in grade three, love your snow poem. We have included own illustrations and we are going to read your poem to our Learning Buddy class of grades primary and one! We like having snow days too!

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  7. 5. Desert Places

    Robert Frost (1874-1963) spent many years living in New England, and a lot of his poetry was inspired by the landscape around him. In “Desert Places,” he uses the emptiness created by a snowstorm and the darkness of night to compare to depression and emotional turmoil. The loneliness of nature is nothing compared to the loneliness one experiences from their own darkness and isolation. Robert Frost had his own bouts with depression.

    Snow falling and night falling fast, oh, fast
    In a field I looked into going past,
    And the ground almost covered smooth in snow,
    But a few weeds and stubble showing last.

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    The time was 1958, the school Oak Park River Forest High, in a western suburb west of Chicago. The class was English Literature, and the teacher was Mildred Linden. After Christmas break, we...

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  8. 6. Winter, Winter

    I am an 11-year-old poet, illustrator, author, and spelling-bee enthusiast. I have been writing poems since I entered 4th grade at my new school, but I have been writing stories all my life. I love to fall asleep with my nose in a book! I wrote this poem last winter and my little sister loves it.

    • By I. Mignosa
    • Published: March 2013 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    Winter, Winter,
    can you see?
    You mean a whole
    lot to me!

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    Snow white fluff
    We've had enough
    Gracefully flowing
    While it's snowing
    Angry piles left by plows
    All of the horrays turn into growls!

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  9. 7. Snowflakes

    • By Sabina Laura
    • Published: January 2021 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    I caught snowflakes
    on my fingertips
    but they melted
    to my dismay.

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    Awesome. When more of us realize that, the better off we all will be. I really like this poem.

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  10. 8. Snow Dream

    I started writing poetry about three months ago on the request from a friend. The more I wrote, the more I enjoyed it and the words seemed to just come to me. I had taken Creative Writing and a Literature course in college but never thought about poetry. My passion is to give to the less fortunate children of the world. Child Help is an organization I much admire, and if ever I could publish I would donate most of the proceeds to this organization.

    • By Ellen Pond
    • Published: October 2008 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    I feel wet snow
    on my cold, dry skin
    as the darkness falls
    to settle in.

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  11. 9. Mother Nature's Apology For Hurricane Harvey

    Some months back, Hurricane Harvey devastated my city. Late last night - an extremely rare event for us - snow. This morning, it has blanketed us and is incredibly beautiful!

    • By Rick W. Cotton
    • Published: December 2017 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    A stranger came here late last night
    Silent puffs of falling white
    Frigid, falling, drifting down
    Unusual this far down in a southern town

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  12. 10. Our Exquisite Snowman

    This poem is about braving a snowy, winter's day to build a snowman.

    There's a silence so loud that it's deafening,
    And the sun seems unusually bright.
    The world is awakening to a bitter cold morn
    And a crystalline blanket of white.

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    I was lucky enough to accidentally stumble on your poetry, which I very much enjoy. Like you, I am retired and finding writing poetry very therapeutic, both in lockdown and because my husband...

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  13. 11. The First Snow

    Well, it's a class assignment that I thought turned out to be a wonderful piece of writing about the winter we had last year, even though we never had much snow.

    • By Jason Williams
    • Published: November 2008 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    Everything gets covered,
    As the powder falls down.
    The snow seems to be discovered,
    As kids start to leave town.

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