January 27, 2011

Winter, Snow “Pain” The Heavens have opened, The snow coming down Not in only one But many of earthly town. Ice being broken On the streets, To heavy to thaw Being in big sheets. Cars sliding, hitting each other, Not a pleasant sight, So I guess we all should Stay off the streets at night. I’ve lived many a year This is my first to see So much tragedy coming In January. Back in the earlier years We didn’t have TV To watch day after day And all of this to see. It isn’t pleasant at all, Homes sinking out of sight In the muddy waters For families a great fright. I think of all the little animals, Filled with awful fear, But God knows where they are All prayers for them, He hears. I’ll be glad when it’s over Must somehow be a reason, I’ll be glad when the numbers roll Into a beautiful Spring season. Maybell Criswell South Point, OH   Snow So oft you come in spring and fall You roar around the mountain wall You sneak through hills and valleys dim, You settle on each barren limb. While you steal your way by night, The world is gently sleeping, The barren trees, the frozen pond Are through this misery creeping. The dawn is come, You’ve stopped your run, But on the meadow lying, Your happy days are all but gone, The sun has caused your dying. Doran Conrad Blairsville, GA Formerly of Sciotoville From: A Visit To Nature’s House   A Snowy Day With silver dollar size snowflakes falling It seems old man Winter has now arrived With all of the schools closing for the day We wonder how us older people survived Going to school with the snow knee deep If the bus couldn’t run we would then walk Steam would curl from our noses and mouth Every time we would open our mouths to talk I smile as I think of those times long ago Of the kind of things we would have to play Computers weren’t even known back then A homemade checkerboard passed our day With white buttons for red, dark ones for black We enjoyed as much as a store bought one Back then we found so many games to play Each one was bound to bring us kids some fun. Acie Workman Eden Park