A silent soft blanket of white
Had
hidden the land from sight
It’s
our job to investigate the crime
Really,
we want to have a good time
We
sledge and we toboggan
Build
the world’s biggest snowman
We
have a massive snowball fight
Doing
battle till the enemy took flight
Then
we stomp thru the powdery crunch
Making
our way home to have lunch
White berries grow
In
abundance
On
the mistletoe
As
the snow falls
Nature’s
bounty
On
the bough
Mother
Nature
Stocking
her Larder
For
the long bitter
Winter
to come
Are you wearing sensible shoes?
And substantial winter tights
What a wonderful combination
I can’t express how that delights
How comfortably cosy you will be
On the long cold winter nights
Red Breasted Robin
Sitting
on the fence
With
snow falling
God
that bird is dense
Sitting
out there exposed
Out
in all weathers
Trying
to look cute
As
it freezes its feathers
But softly the myriad snowflakes fall
These
infinite flakes of purest white
Like
pure white down of angel’s wings
Floating
gently from heavens height
But
this is no heaven-sent delight
This
thing of beauty that cruelly lingers
For
harshly touched is the naked earth
When
touched by winters icy fingers
Oh, dreary winter
You
have overstayed
Your
grey skies
Are
not welcome
I
know spring is close
I
look at the grey lake
With
the duck on it
The
only splash of colour
In
the late winter landscape
But
I see the hints of spring
Everywhere
around me
And
the promise of daffodils
Lilacs
and butterflies
So,
winter it’s time to go
Your
welcome is worn out
Are you wearing woolly tights?
That’s one of my favourite sights
As the evenings begin to shorten
Well as they say winter draws on
