Can you hear winter winds break through the trees
With frozen breath and chill, an instant freeze ?
I hear the crackling ice, it falls away
Reminds us weather changes day by day,
It sort of vacillates and jumps about
Exposing purpose, choice, free will and doubt.
So let us now our precious chances take
Pray God we’ve no more branches left to break !
Tis the season of fall harvest
The conclusion of this past year
When all intentions do suggest
It’s time good things now do appear.
Avoid the chill and evening cold
And keep the thermos near the fire
Use scarf and gloves as we’ve been told
Thus staying warm as needs require.
The winter comes as winter goes
Mid slush and frost and icy roads
The ice may drip o’er face and nose
Aft snow surrounds us by the loads !
The summer’s gone, it’s blown away
Beg as I would, it could not stay
And now I feel the traitor’s spell
I cannot bar old Autumn’s tell.
So stoke the fire and heat up all
The fruits and plants from frosty fall
Shall all be captive to the cold
Like pioneers in times of old !
Gone from all sight are the autumn leaves
We hear the wind, it attacks the eaves
The ice does crackle across each lawn
A small sparrow chirps, move on, it’s dawn.
The clouds are laden in shadowed sky
Let’s pray this storm quickly passes by
It’s the time of year the branches break
While plants that sleep have too much at stake
Tis the moment all must carry on
Since we have spring to depend upon !
There is a hoary frost upon the ground
With a whistling wind that’s gathered round
And a feeling of a deepened chill
That cloaks today with impending ill
The fire is low, the morning is due
Let’s pray the sun will come shining through !
An early light knifes through the dark
The air is still and calmly stark
A silence rises from the ground
One can’t discern a single sound.
Before the morning does begin
There is a chill that settles in
Starting at toes, it makes the trip
To limbs and then to fingertips !
How much longer must all await
To learn the judgement of our fate
In truth we know what we have got
God is the Judge, this is His shot !
Get out your mufflers, gloves and boots
I feel today may be a hoot
Our world is white and freezing too
There is much we have left to do.
I wish that we might build a fort
With slabs of snow the way we ought
The way we did so long ago
When winter brought us all that snow
But times have changed and so have we
Let us move on to victory !
The snow is clinging to the bough
The weather’s turning cold and how
The winter chill cuts to the bone
I think I’d rather stay at home.
I’d like to be inside for now
So I may keep warmed up somehow
And pick a spot close to the fire
Therein imagine sweet desire
Where in the end life does attest
Our souls do seek elusive rest !
The wind is chill, the fire’s gone cold
The nights are long, the world’s grown old
The forest’s dark, there is no sound
How do God’s creatures get around ?
The wolf, the owl, the chipmunk too
All feel the cold just like we do
How can we save our wildlife friends
Until this season finally ends ?
We have about five weeks or more
Before the spring walks through the door
Let’s pray we all will have good luck
And the warm weather gets unstuck !
Today is gray it’s dark and cold
The winds that blow are swift and bold
There is a chill that fills the air
Keep searching for the warmth somewhere.
There is no cozy place to stay
No comfy soft warm hideaway
We’ll have to tough it out I guess
By wearing wool and overdress !
The early sunlight filters through the trees
The naked branches quiver in the breeze
The air is chill and threatens soon to freeze
I spy the foam-capped waves upon the seas.
Oh magic wand, where have you gone
We need your help to carry on
The weatherman decrees more snow
Where did your special powers go ?
How long is it we’ll have to wait
For spring to enter our front gate,
Oh springtime sprite you’re overdue
Do you need help to make it through ?
Dear snowfairy, it’s time to fly
We beg of you, please say goodbye !
Oh little ones do you hear this song
If you know the words, please sing along
Greetings to you on this brand new day
How I wish that we could meet and play !
Do you think the morning sun will show
Or shall we have one more day of snow ?
Perhaps you might add an extra prayer
Please save us from this chill winter air !
We’ll be so grateful to greet the sun
And free at last as we gaily run,
We can stretch our legs and laugh out loud
And savor the joy of springtime’s cloud
If we are lucky the sun will shine
To leave the cold and our cares behind !
The morning wakens with each dawn
And tiptoes round with trepid yawn
The air is chill and blows intense
Against this frost we’ve small defense.
When Mother Nature throws a fit
We always get the worst of it
She is a force beyond the will
Of those who fight her cold and chill.
I cannot wait till she moves on
And we succumb to springtime’s charm
A welcome change to all we’ve seen
This endless winter’s snowy scene !
Leaves have deserted all the trees
The smell of winter treads the breeze
The shadow of the sun soon fades
Beyond the hill there in the glades.
The early night now spreads its gloom
It creeps into each lonely room
And whispers softly in my ear
That wintertime will soon be here !
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | ||
Claire V. Bogdanos 