So silently, so swiftly,
The snowflakes softly fall,
Weaving for the frozen earth
An icy, glistening shawl
Category: Nature
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Sidewalk’s End
Icy jewels along a winter river
Suspended mid-air on stalks that shiver
A precious treasure for the one who bends
To look in the place where the sidewalk ends
Smooth drops of glass molded to perfection
Shaping the world with swirling refraction
A kaleidoscope of hues that transcends
What’s left in the place where the sidewalk ends
Glitter sprinkled in the drab of winter
Catching the scarce rays of sun that splinter
A mystery of water and light that lends
The lure to the place where the sidewalk ends
A gift more impressive than royal jewels
Beautifully clothed from translucent spools
Waiting to share this great wonder with friends
Who now know the place where the sidewalk ends
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New Life
You may not see possibility
In winter’s dried up, frozen ground
Just wait til brave green shoots emerge
Tulips proclaim that spring’s around
The corner – flowering trees are soon
Adorned in fragile pink and white
Then long-awaited leaves emerge
To triumph, bring in summer’s light
So too a struggle, hope, or life
May seem suspended in the cold
The buried seeds still live, beneath
They fight to break through and take hold
The buds will come, the green appear
Though small and slow, they will prevail
And blossom strong in victory
To show the world that said they’d fail
For what you sow is not made alive
Unless it falls to the ground and dies
Deep within hope must always survive
Until it has grown full wings and flies
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Mysteries
Fragile with a chance of rainbows
Flat glass somehow bending light
Reflected like blue icy shadows
Create a rainbow just from white
Prism altering life’s sight
Tiny with a chance of greatness
Mere speck somehow growing broad
Blossomed like a trusted promise
Create a flower from sun and sod
Seed sown on the path we trod
Quiet with a chance of power
Small drops somehow making seas
Washed in like unfailing clockwork
Create the tide for centuries
Oceans bring life on their breeze
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Buttercup
Sunshine gold feathers fanning delicately
Cloud-like poofs of great pillowy down
Vibrant eyes reflecting the green world
Rosy comb pinnacled in a crystalized crown
Sun breaking, hens stir on the 2×4 roosts
Eagerly tumble out when the door starts to rise
Chirrup over bits of corn, calling unseen chicks
Fuss over egg laying like each was a prize
Afternoons spent exploring the green thatchy lawn
Dust baths in the barn dirt, bugs in the garden
Snuggling and purring in my lap being petted
Sneaking into the mudroom when the door is left open
First on the roost at dusk, evening call
Cluck and squawk and settle together for nightfall
That was Buttercup, my dear golden hen
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Whimsical Weather
Raindrops splash in purple puddles
Wind in pointed pinwheels rattles
Thunder speaks in rumbling riddles
Sky is cracked where lightning whittles
Frosty dirt and dry leaves crackle
Windblown cattails’ seedpods tickle
Woodpeckers on bare trees chuckle
Burrowed critters wait the sequel
Snowflakes craft a crystal cover
Icicles on tree limbs shiver
Drifts of snow pile up and over
Blinding white goes on forever
Butterflies on flowers flutter
Squirrels crack nuts with a clatter
Wings of bees and insects glitter
Birds trill out their tunes by letter
Every season, every day
What a bountiful bouquet
