Poem on Snow

verse 1296 Snow

by Angela Lansbury

The snow so slowly drifting down

Sways left to right to paint the town

In softest, brightest, lightest white

To silence both day and cold night

You say you like to see the snow

You dream of mountains where you ski

We’ve cancelled all our plans today

Frankly, the news seems bad to me

Snow looks silk-soft, like cotton wool

Until you slip and feel a fool

While kids let out too soon from school

Ignore obvious safety rules

With glee, hurtling at you downhill

As sudden as an avalanche

Uncaring who they hit or kill

I’m cold and cough, it’s flu, I”m ill!

Pneumonia, take bitter pills

The frail, old fall and die from chills

Black ice can’t thrill me any more

I’ve swept up slush, it’s such a chore 

I’ve learned that winter is a pain

I’m off to sunny Singapore

Or Spain and won’t be back again

Until warm sunshine melts this shore

Won’t drive in snow, I’m not that brave

I’d paddle in a teeny wave

And watch froth eddy to and fro

And leave you home - stuck watching snow.

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copyright Angela Lansbury 2013