Artist Unknown
Snowflakes
At last the Holly King holds court
And Yuletide magic seems complete
With lights, good cheer, and cider mulled
We watch the snow and warm the feet
Perhaps a brief and bracing walk
Past barren branches dipped in white
Were we to see with eyes of elves
We’d celebrate a different sight
Each flake of snow a miracle
Evolving geometric frame
Kaleidoscope in crystal
December’s transformation game
And so it is that winter’s elves
By us unseen within their bowers
Do not at all lament the cold
When splendid sight enchants their hours
***
Dorothea Barth©2010
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And Yuletide magic seems complete
With lights, good cheer, and cider mulled
We watch the snow and warm the feet
Perhaps a brief and bracing walk
Past barren branches dipped in white
Were we to see with eyes of elves
We’d celebrate a different sight
Each flake of snow a miracle
Evolving geometric frame
Kaleidoscope in crystal
December’s transformation game
And so it is that winter’s elves
By us unseen within their bowers
Do not at all lament the cold
When splendid sight enchants their hours
***
Dorothea Barth©2010
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