The darkest evening of the year
winter solstice nips my ear
big bulky parka should I wear
perhaps furry, to confuse a bear?
Snow and ice brush my face
I miss its fresh, clean feel, and lace
of snowflakes falling in the space
of my backyard, such brief embrace.
For I now live in Texas’s slow fire
a snow day be my one desire
it only comes but once in a while
to freeze my day and make me smile.
– Sandra Johnson, June 25, 2022
Credit first line: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, by Robert Frost
Yes living in the south is sad that we don’t have very many snow days. My favorite line was “I miss its fresh, clean feel and lace.” I would never have thought to use lace…I love that.
I follow the lace with snowflakes- which made me add lace as an afterthought. Hoping my poem brings us some snow days! Thanks!
I love the phrasing, pace, and rhymes you created. It all works really well to portray the snowy weather you miss. The line contrasting the slow fire of weather in Texas is well placed near the end.
The final line makes me smile too, because at that point you have me missing the beauty of cold crisp winters too. Mine is coming in a few months though! 🙂