Baby, it’s cold outside, but I have compiled a small collection of winter poetry for your literary pleasure! I invite you to put the kettle on, then sit down with your kids and a pot of tea in front of a roaring fire and indulge yourselves in the enchantment of winter. (Please click on the title or picture of the poet to read each poem.)
To Winter, by William Blake
Spellbound, by Emily Brontë
Winter Stores, by Charlotte Bronte
Winter, A Dirge, by Robert Burns
Frost At Midnight, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Sky Is Low, by Emily Dickinson
Stopping By Woods On a Snowy Evening, by Robert Frost
Winter in Durnover Field, by Thomas Hardy
In Drear-Nighted December, by John Keats
Snow-Flakes, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind, by William Shakespeare
Winter-Time, by Robert Louis Stephenson
Grab our Winter Poetry & Copywork Pack to supplement your language arts curriculum. We’ve curated this collection of poems to be used to reinforce memorization of beautiful lines as well as for practicing handwriting.
After each poem, you will find Zaner-Bloser style handwriting sheets for all ages (primary, elementary, and cursive, as well as college-ruled for older students &/or moms) to be used for copywork. Click on the image for more info.