First Snow of Winter 4th March 2016 by/Tony Gorman
I watched the first snowflake’s fall gently in the breeze
And slowly build on branches as they settled in the trees
Creating a white outline on those branches big and small
And artistically crown the mountain peaks like a picture on a wall
They gathered on the hedgerow like the icing on a cake
And covered over all the ground around the icy lake
Creating a beautiful winter scene across the countryside
Like a heavenly foam carried by breeze upon an airborne tide
It brought the children out to play throwing snowballs everywhere
Ignoring chills to hands and feet from the northern breeze they share
As some snowmen stand in gardens built with a lot of care
With a carrot fixed as a nose and button eyes that stare
And sleighs filled with laughing kids as they slide down on the hills
Never worrying of how cold it gets from the freezing winter’s chills
They’ll enjoy the time the snow is here in all the games they play
For tomorrow their snowman will pack his bags and slowly melt away
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A Gift of Nature
Wild seeds blowing to places unknown
Into nooks and cranny’s all hidden and sown
Across fields and in margins around the grass verge
And in time pushing up as their small buds emerge
Bringing lifeform some nourishment to survive every day
From the tiniest of insects making nest’s in the clay
To the bees and the butterflies that rest on the blooms
And the spider spinning web’s with legs working like looms
And across the barren wasteland like parachutes they fly
The dandelion seeds as they blow in the sky
They sail down in gardens and meadows and leas
To be nature’s decoration that’s inspired by a breeze
And the woodland with a carpet of beauty fulfilled
Of bluebells with petals blowing gently like frills
And the daffodils show when the winter expires
Drawing up from the ground by the sun heated fires
And into the darkness the fungi will grow
Some darkish in colour some white as the snow
And the worms from the soil will eat the dead leaves
As the process of nature is nobody grieves
For all has a purpose in life’s resolution
That nothing is wasted when there’s a solution
For under the skies we have all we desire
By the beauty we see that was set to inspire
We all feel the benefit when spring comes our way as we take a lesson from nature to make an effort in getting out and enjoying the beauty that surrounds us.
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Thank you Tony
Finally, getting the sun here, Spring as arrived just in time for Summer!
All the best
Eoghan