Winter
School on DELAY
Snow on the way
Kids happily EMOTE
Parents struggle to cope
All fumble and GROPE
For scarf and coat
CHOKE down gruel
Body needs some fuel
Tumble and SHOVE
Grab a glove
Out the door
Gotta explore
Georg’ann
An idealized winter eve
I CRAVE the scent of pine,
the taste of warm cocoa,
a good mystery to SOLVE,
steady snow falling in the dark,
white amaryllis blooms unfurling,
the crackling of a wood STOVE
when I SHOVE in another log.
Heather