BARE SKELETAL TREES

 

Bare skeletal trees

Dressed now in ice and frost

Shivering in the wind

A SOFT BLANKET OF WHITE

 

A soft blanket of white

Hid the land from sight

And despite winters bite

Was a scene of pure delight

THE ICE RIMED TREES STOOD

 

The ice rimed trees stood

Before the snow queens cathedral

Like great ice pillars

SNOWFLAKES GENTLY FLOAT

 

Snowflakes gently float,

Pure white down of angel’s wings,

Down from heavens height

FROSTY KALEIDOSCOPE

 

Frosty kaleidoscope images

Appear on the frozen panes

Touched by winters icy fingers

In the bitter seasons domain 

FRESH SNOW WAS FALLING

Fresh snow was falling

Like scattered confetti at

A winter wedding

THE WINTER SNOW

 

The winter snow

Is pleasing to the eye

But this thing of beauty

Will cruelly linger

For harshly caressed

Is the naked earth

When touched

By winters icy finger