Watching Snow

Be careful what you wish for! I’d been thinking we’d not had snow this winter with a vague feeling that we’d not had winter at all. We got snow this week! Yes, it’s pretty, but it does need to be shoveled … so, instead of imagining snow, I’ve been watching the real thing, following individual flakes …

WATCHING SNOW

this cloud of flakes
falls like pixels
down the window
from west to east

a shift   a curl   a wave
and a pointillist’s dream                         
blows from east to west
twists memory upward

before a toss
of downward air
reverses yet again
across and up
in twisting coils

an inward flock
moves south
like starlings
in a gathered wind

an eddy
pulls the current
westerly on a sweep
a spin     of upward air
then loops to fall
in a rush
of tangled crystals

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Frame and The McGuire – ‘… a gentle yet striking novel about the way our perception influences our judgement of others.’ Amy Mathers. For ages 8-13 … published by Tradewind Books available on Amazon or your local bookstore.