First Snow
Posted: 30 Nov 2017, 04:14
It fell unnoticed overnight,
in thin and softly filtered flakes
no wild blizzard's frothy flight,
a frosty, drizzling snow that takes
time to fall and time to stay,
and as the late, cold morning breaks,
White has iced the concrete grey,
and roof-tops wear an icing crown,
perhaps it will not last the day,
the first snow that came gently down,
and somehow took us by surprise
in the still November town.
On days like this the snow soon dies,
and all is grey and hard once more -
but, briefly, at least, it lies -
on pavements, rooftops, roads and shore,
for a few moments, crisp and pure.
in thin and softly filtered flakes
no wild blizzard's frothy flight,
a frosty, drizzling snow that takes
time to fall and time to stay,
and as the late, cold morning breaks,
White has iced the concrete grey,
and roof-tops wear an icing crown,
perhaps it will not last the day,
the first snow that came gently down,
and somehow took us by surprise
in the still November town.
On days like this the snow soon dies,
and all is grey and hard once more -
but, briefly, at least, it lies -
on pavements, rooftops, roads and shore,
for a few moments, crisp and pure.
