NEVER EVER CATCH A SNOWFLAKE

 

Never ever catch a snowflake

In your mouth

Until you’re sure all the birds

Have flown south

FOOTSTEPS IN THE FROST

 

A beautiful winter’s morning

When mist conceals the sunrise,

And nestles between

The frosty shadows of the trees,

And footsteps crunch

Through the crystal patterns

Of the crisp hoar frost

MERRY BELLS

 

Merry Bells of Christmas

Of genus Uvularia

Whose yellow drooping

Bell-shaped flowers

Brighten the season

CHRISTMAS BELLS

Christmas bells

Of Genus Blandfordia

Orange or crimson

Whose large flowers

Brighten the season 

CHRISTMAS CACTUS

 

The Christmas cactus

The winter-bloomer

Its jointed flat segments

Look like experiments

Made by a young boy

With a construction set toy

But the rose-purple flowers

Light up the winter hours

RED BREASTED ROBIN

 

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

WHITE BERRIES

 

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