The Artful Dodger's blog: "My Poems"

April Snow

Nature has a funny way of turning all our heads

As spring comes near and thoughts are filled with planting flower beds.

And so this April evening, as raindrops hit the wall

I fell into a slumber; a deep sleep I recall.

And then within my dream there danced such wondrous signs of spring

The flowers bloom, a bouncing ball, an insects gentle sting.

But then I woke to shoveling and the scraping of the plow.

I stopped, I screeched, I ran to look. What's nature doing now?

The squirrels throwing snowballs down as whiteness starts to melt,

Across the great horizon lay a beauteous snow white belt.

The warmth and coolness in the air confusing all the birds

I stood there shivering in the snow my mind devoid of words.

While driving down a wooded road, the beauty that I see

Surely makes me realize it all makes sense to me.

Nature took this one last chance to whitewash all the earth

And remind us of the innocence God gave us all at birth.

And so, in life, when April comes, don't fear the falling snow

For though it may cold memories bring of hard times long ago

Remember spring is on it's way to spread it beauty 'round

For snows of April never last as flowers break the ground.

R.F.Hamlett Sr. 4/4/07