Winter Images

by Bruce Levine, Dover, NH

Winter chills

Bring frosty noses

Clouds of vapor

With every breath

Warm cozy sweater

Mittens and mufflers

Warming the fingers

And covering chests

The sounds of winter

Like carolers singing

And Santa’s elves

Making merry delights

Skiers on mountains

Racing snow covered pathways

Steaming hot chocolate

And cinnamon treats

Sleigh bells forever

Ringing like laughter

Prisms of sunlight

Making rainbows on ice

Mem’ries of childhood

Sifted like flour

Through icicles hanging

From rooftops and trees

Holiday turkeys

A feast of thanksgiving

And Christmas baked cookies

For children and Saint Nick

Sleigh rides and laughter

A bountiful pleasure

Snowmen and angels

A joy to display

Fall colors remembered

Where leaves once abounded

Now empty and barren

Bare branches where icicles hang

Cold winter mornings

Bring days filled with sunshine

Another reminder

The new year’s begun

Long winter days

Wrapped in a blanket

Warm winter clothes

Against winter chills

Seasonal pastimes

And cold weather daydreams

The happy reminders

Winter images bring