Seasons have always inspired poets to write wonderful poems, irrespective of which language they write in. And, as winter has set in and the Sahitya Akademi awards have been announced, those with a literary bent of mind can probably spare some time to find out how winter has figured in poetry. Keeping oneself restricted only to poetry written in the English language, one will find that a large number of poets have in fact eulogized winter through their works. While William Shakespeare had written a poem with 'Winter' as the title which constitutes part of his famous play 'Love's Labour Lost', another poem of his, 'Blow blow thou winter wind' appears in another great play 'As You Like it'. Mention must be made of William Blake's 'To Winter', as also of 'A Winter's Evening' written by William Wordsworth. Robert Frost's much-loved winter poem is called 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening', while that of Christina Rossetti's titled 'In the Bleak Midwinter' too is a wonderful poem depicting winter. One cannot ignore Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Winter-Time' in this context, while Emily Bronte's 'Spellbound' too is a wonderful piece. Thomas Hardy's 'The Darkling Thrush' too is a famous poem depicting winter, and so also Jonathon Swift's 'On Snow.' Though no comparative statement or statistics is available about which season has inspired how many poets in different languages, it is generally accepted that winter is 'the time' for poetry. While any sensitive common man can feel that Nature gets dramatic at this time of the year, critics have been by and large unanimous in saying that being a starkly beautiful season with frosty mornings, and bright crisp winter somehow or the other has always inspired more poets throughout history than any other season. This, however, may be true with English poetry, but definitely not exactly so when it comes to writing poetry in the Indian languages. In Assamese, for instance, Spring has remained the most inspiring season, though the other seasons too have not lagged behind in becoming source of inspiration for those with a creative pen in hand.