All night the snow
Like frosty feathers from
A darkened sky.
Fell blanketing the earth
As snowbirds huddled close,
A tight, warm row.
Faint dawn sent rosy streamers
Down the sky.
Smoke curled from chimney tops,
The rasp of shovels met the walk.
A clattering snowplow broke
The chilly silence and
Shook down flakes from shingled roofs,
All chilly-pearled.
As day crept slowly in.
Awake to find
A fluffy, frosty, fairy,
Ice cream world.
Ideals Valentine issue 1984