Natalie Clayton

A Different Snow

A different snow falls on the ground today.
The flakes of petals flutter gently down.
They cover all the earth as if to say,
That winter’s fled and summer’s gaining ground.

Unlike the hard and cold snow just gone by
That made a heavy chore of going out,
This different snow brings out a hopeful sigh
As flakes of spring lie softly all about.

-Lee Oldham, 2009

Last year my parents came out to visit a lot as we were fixing up our new house. Our street is lined with Blossoming Pear trees and in April those white blossoms are so pretty. My dad wrote the above poem about them. Springtime is so welcome after the cold of winter.