Roses From Snow

I hear the hounds of winter

just beyond the ridge

Chasing that cold Alberta Clipper

as it comes roaring down upon us,

bringing the cold weather blues.

And we are trapped under ice,

leaving footprints in the snow.

For love, like winter.

has its cold spells too.

And if we make it through December…

through a hazy shade of winter

Roses from snow will emerge.

So let it go

leave the winter things behind,

and sing your love song

from the white winter hymnal,

“I’ve got my love to keep me warm.”

Photo of Roses taken this morning 12/6: Dwight L. Roth

Today at d‘Verse, Lillian gave us a list of song titles about winter and asked us to write a poem incorporating at least two of the titles in our poem. I decided to play with the list and see how many I could use. I think I have used all but four of sixteen.

** If you want to know who sang the songs in dark print, go to our site: https://dversepoets.com for the list.