Sacred Woods - Third Edit

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Winter Refuge

The woods stand sacred, bathed in snow,
glimmering now and bright, although
the evening wind portends the night I was originally going to criticize this because the poem is set in winter, but on second thought it is one of the best images here, and I feel as though I know exactly what you're getting at here. Nice!
and russet sun falls slowly, low. This has been echoed above, but russet is not traditionally a color used in this fashion. It is a delicious potato, however.

And here the ice and frost amass,
translucent pearls entwine tall grass
glowing in last shreds of light
like twirling, twinkling shards of glass.

The doe and stag stand in the glade
side by side for warmth, afraid
of nothing here – in pine and snow, probably nitpicky, but I think you could drop 'here' from this line and not lose anything from the poem
dove’s lullaby a serenade. lullaby a serenade strikes me as redundant. I know it's done for rhyming purposes but even so...

These sacred woods, enshrined in white
protect all these and more each night -
ice-embroidered blankets bright
swaddle each in bands of white. I would change swaddle to 'swaddling' just for grammatical purposes

Overall I liked it quite a bit! Thanks for sharing