General Poetry posted November 27, 2020

RodG

I taught English for 40 years on the high school and college level. Since retiring, I have written a poetry collection titled "Reflections of a Dog Walker," and five novels, all unpublished. I mostly post poems and short stories.
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Winter has just begun.

First Snow

by RodG

The park lies quiet in the morn,
its metal benches squatting there
on sloping hill near willow trees
with snow fast-swirling in the air.

The lawn is sugar-powdered now
like brownie crusts, Mom's apple pie.
Yon benches' seats are softly clad
with down blown off by gusty sigh.

Along a path I splotch with prints,
I stroll around twin swollen lakes.
My Lab pup lunges on his leash,
his sable coat quite flecked with flakes.

Not far away a vacant swing
awaits a child's excited shout,
the pumping of his churning legs,
that madcap laugh as he leaps out.

But winter's come. I won't see him.
Though this snowfall may vanish soon,
those storms that follow in its wake
will banish kids till May or June.

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