by Yvette Durham

Created on: April 24, 2010

The first snow of the season:

 It glows white, clean and bright.

 I crunch and squash

 in the slosh,

 jumping and kicking in delight.

 Sissy and I build a snowman.

 Our gloves scoop, roll and pat.

 Jet-black eyes,

 he’s quite a size,

 topped off with my wooly hat.

 We clamber up a hill, with sled.

 Wedged on, gripping tight, eyes wide:

 Heave-ho!

 Here I go!

 Skimming and bouncing, down I glide.

 With rosy stiff cheeks, frozen nose,

 in we go.  Yay, mom, hot coco!

 Peeling off clothes,

 squeezing numb toes;

 our wintry spirits are aglow.

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