"First Snow"
oil on canvas
24 x 36

'The first snow of the year
always takes me back
to wet socks with holes
and coats hung in the back
cold fingers aching
and snowmen in the making
with Christmas just round the corner

There have been a few first snows
since way back then
with more footprints in the snow
in different fens and glens
but when those flakes first start to fall
at once, I’m right back again
with Christmas just round the corner
-Jeffrey J. Boron-