AS BITTER WINTER DISAPPEARS

 

As bitter winter disappears

The springtime cheers

As with each new flower

The season grows in power

Spring is here again

Stirring the souls of men

LIKE WIND BLOWN PETALS

 

Like windblown petals

The snow fell in gentle swirls

Settling on the landscape

To delight the boys and girls

WINTERS FURY

 

The wind howled around the house

And whistled through the trees

Bringing snow in blizzards

The strong winds across the rooftops

Whipped up the loose grains

And chased them like white ribbon

Across the grey slate

It wasn’t pretty snow

Nor did it present a pretty scene

Not at all picturesque

Or picture postcard

Snow was blown in horizontally

With great ferocity

And as I drew the drapes

It spattered the casement windows

I shivered and thanked God

I was safely home

AFTER THE ICE STORM

 

Globetrotting architect Taylor Scott (Tia Mowry-Hardrict) has her eye on Paris as her next assignment, but with Christmas just weeks away, the firm she works for enters her in a contest in which teams will design and build life-sized gingerbread houses, but with the promise that after the contest she is likely be getting the position she has dreamed of.

Taylor ends up being teamed with a local baker and single Dad, Adam Dale (Duane Henry), he is reluctant at first but winning would give the bakery and his designs much-needed exposure which might in turn lead him to his dream of opening his own bakery.

So both are motivated by different dreams, but spending time with Adam and his daughter Brooke  (Melody Nosipho Niemann), either in their cosy home, decorating for the holidays or exploring the town at Christmas, fosters a feeling of longing for a place to call home.

FIRST FLURRY

 

Amidst the first flurry

People start to hurry

And urgently scurry

 

For the very first sight

The first glimpse of white

The heart takes flight

 

I’ve come to know

When it first makes a show

How much I love the snow

SOFT BLANKET OF WHITE

 

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

WINTER HELL

 

The lake is frozen,

Nothing lives

In this frozen hell

Even the sky is desolate

Save for the crescent moon

Standing sentinel