WInter Wind

whipped blown groan gusts

wheezing shudders shivers

shingles tremble quiver

through cracks creak

draft waft blasts rushes

window rattles rumble

door lurches wobble

dark room reels cover up 

wrapped warm draft defying

sleep fails--hear here there

thundering tremor rolling 

engine roaring waves wake

SNOW

Quiet--

Then from still, grey skies

snow—I watched all day

flying, drifting, floating

settling on bare winter branches, cedar and spruce

green grass patches and spent brown fields.

My father caught frozen flakes

set them under a microscope.

Look! each a masterful design

All day--snow fall--

By evening, over the earth

one even plane—pure white cover

A blanket of tiny crystal stars