Winter's Wonders

White was the winter night covered in snow Icicles dangled from eaves all aglow. Nestled were nestlings of child and sparrow. Twined was the bittersweet all-round the harrow. Earnestly each tiny heart took a leap, Rosy, so rosy, was each little cheek. White was the winter, wondrous, sublime On forest and field and men in their prime, No eye lacked a twinkle, no door lacked its wreath, Dainty hay mangers lined each pristine street. Even the traffic pranced looking merry Reindeer antlers on grill, noses like cherries. Lights hung from fir trees in villages squares Arias sprung from church choirs in pairs. No one was maudlin, the season was fine. Dad, “Pass the turkey and then the red wine!”