Monday, February 28, 2022

February Flashback and Farewell

 Of boot-hat-mitten weariness...



Of frigid, drifted sweeps/deeps of snow...

Of shovel-muscles, honed and buff...


Of cozy book-nooks...


Of scrabble games always in play...

Of sills filled with convoys of toys...(but little boy did NOT like the word share)😅

Of warm, south-facing window-spas...

Worlds tucked in white or blush and green...


Farewell, dear fellow-friend and foe
Of frigid, drifted sweeps/deeps of snow
Of days stretched longer into dusk
Of gales, surly-burly and brusque
Of cozy book-nooks by the fire
Of gardens only dreams acquire
Of boot-hat-mitten weariness
Of kitten-soft sun-cheeriness
Of shovel-muscles, honed and buff
Of swirly, sparkly feather-fluff
Of hot-choc-marshmallow mustache
Of gramma-horse toboggan-dash
Of scrabble games always in play
Of sledding hills of numbered day
Of lone reed like a pencil-sketch
Of wishes for a milder stretch
Of warm, south-facing window-spas
Of outdoor task-lists still on pause
Of sills filled with convoys of toys
Of thrills of beauty’s spartan poise
Of senses smitten, torn between
Worlds tucked in white or blush and green
Of icicles starting to slip
Of maple-sap’s darling first drip
Of straining for first signs of spring
Of bittersweet relinquishing
Of learning not to haste the way
Of seasons, but to taste today
Before the hour dons the knell
That bends the bower with farewell

© Janet Martin

A few more Feb. flashbacks...

















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