Dawn In Winter

• Victoria Hetherington, Grade 5, Bathurst West Public School -
• Poetry
• 2022

Excellence Award in the 'National Treasures 2022' competition

Frozen temperature,
Snow covers the trees,
Looking down, it’s all white,
Rivers had gushed, with great might,

Time had stopped, seemingly,
Mid motion ice, light shone brightly,
Hills of white, wrapped the landscape,
Enclosing it, nothing to escape,

Powdery snow falls, cold and crisp,
Swirling round is wind, all soft mist,

Cold seeps in, freezing everything,
Creatures hide, can’t hear anything,
It is the dawn in winter, the frozen silent plains.