This Poem was Submitted By: Nancy M Wydeen Cerretani On Date: 2001-02-07 01:38:08 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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The Onion Snow

Oh, how I hate the winter. As a child I enjoyed it for play. But the child in me, must have died long ago, 'Cause I don't like the winter today. Well, I do like two parts of the winter. Snowfall, the first and the last. As it paints the ground a wonderful white, The melting is fleeting and fast. Now, the first snow is crisp and inviting. It coveres the leaves on the ground. It slows the world to a snails pace, And dampens all types of sound. Children embrace it's arrival, With sledding and snowmen and such. If they're lucky, school will be canceled. A decidedly, wonderful touch. The next snow I like is delightful. A sure sign that spring's on her way. It's so fleeting, you just might miss it. It lasts no more than a day. It's the farmers call to planting. Called the onion snow, or so I hear. The sweet scent of newly turned earth's right behind. Spring is calling, "I'm coming my dear". It's winter's way of leaving, The herald, that spring has arrived. Winter is past, behind me again. Oh relief, it seems, I've survived.

Copyright © February 2001 Nancy M Wydeen Cerretani

Additional Notes:
About this time each year I am suffering from a combination of old fashioned cabin fever and new fangeled seasonal depression disorder. There is only one cure for both, SPRING! What a wonderful medicine!


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