Today is Poetry Friday. If you want to know more about what that entails, check here. Karen Edmisten is our host for the roundup this week. You can go to her same-named blog to read more great poetry from participants that are sharing their links.
Overnight we got twelve inches of snow. When we woke up this morning, it looked like a marshmallow world! That song, “It’s a marshmallow world in the winter,” is one of my favorite holiday songs. Here’s a YouTube rendition if you aren’t familiar with it.
It took about three hours for my husband to dig us out and that included a visit from our neighbor with his huge John Deer plow. After lunch, we took a walk in the wonderland and it amazed me to see how the different species of trees handled the snow. It was wet, heavy snow that clung tightly to the branches and needles. Many limbs were bowing under the weight of the precipitation.
I was inspired by the beauty of the snow and how the trees were all handling it.
How a Birch Wears Snow I’m tall and slender With white bark that Peals. My leaves have fallen, Leaving me barren and Cold. In the winter, I am swayed Easily by the wind and Snow. When the snow comes fast And is wet and heavy, I Bend. Dipping my highest branches Low to the ground, laden by Weight. It appears as if I’m bowing. But I’m not. My stiff limbs Hurt. The snow piles up on me Making my limbs and twigs Fragile. I hope I don’t succumb To the extra wet weight and Break. Spring will come if I survive The winter storms and Cold. I’ll make catkins to Spread my seed, blown by the Wind. Just like the snow has Covered me Now. I’ll cover the ground with My precious seeds and Grow. New birch for new seasons Of growth after snow has bent Me. © Draft, Carol Labuzzetta, 2022 I imagine more poems about how the different species of trees handle the weight of the snow. My photos are inspiring me to pay homage to the trees in this way.
Enjoy this Friday. Stay Healthy and Safe.
Happy Holidays to All!
~ Carol ~
The Apples in My Orchard 
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