It trickles in snowflake abandon
Hovering on the frost-keen air
Gentle yet urgent its anthem
A minuet; Joy versus Despair
It wafts in white, whimsical cadence
Softening in somnolent strain
Rising rhapsody of romance
A rare, reminiscent refrain
From tree-limb’s threadbare vesture
A tender mantra of farewell
Roams through the cold, barren pasture
And moans in the stricken dell
List to the song of the season
Draped in a dazzling shawl
Over life’s reckoning reason
Sweet let its melody fall
List to the hymn of December
Hope, joy and peace falling down
Ballad of love-blended memories
As another year dons its crown
© Janet Martin
Good poem!
ReplyDeleteThank-you Anthony
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