Winter poems

As today is the first official day of winter, I'd like to share just a poem or two that will usher you into the spirit of this season. Our winter wonderland is a glorious backdrop for these musings and reflections..........

Silent Solstice (Winter Becomes Maine)

sleet against the windowpane,
or maybe a mouse in the wall...

I listen...
but silence knows no direction

outside,
heavy pine boughs,
deep in the woods
so quiet, so still
a deer steps...

inside, warm,
the sound of a cat's paw
disturbs very little
as it hunts in a dream
silent as sleet

by Denis Dunn


Let Every Day Be Christmas

Christmas is forever,
not for just one day,
for loving, sharing, giving
are not to put away
like bells and lights and tinsel,
in some box upon a shelf.
The good you do for others
is good you do yourself.

--Norman W. Brooks