Poem for the coldWinter Time Anyone can love in spring As the Earth revives, And soft breezes caress the trees While the gentle skies Evoke gauzy memories. Love naturally flowers in summer When the sun is high. Anyone can sit in the shade, Hold hands and sigh That love will never fade. Autumn has a certain charm That clasps the willing heart. Fall always excites and amazes, Setting itself apart To stir amorous gazes. But, when in the winter, All of us swaddled from head to toes Comes the truest test When all that’s visible is a nose Of who loves who the best. I love you so, My parka-clad Eskimo.

Winter Time

Anyone can love in spring

As the Earth revives,

And soft breezes caress the trees 

While the gentle skies  

Evoke gauzy memories.

Love naturally flowers in summer

When the sun is high.

Anyone can sit in the shade,

Hold hands and sigh

That love will never fade.

Autumn has a certain charm

That clasps the willing heart.

Fall always excites and amazes,

Setting itself apart

To stir amorous gazes.

But, when in the winter,

All of us swaddled from head to toes

Comes the truest test

When all that’s visible is a nose

Of who loves who the best.

I love you so,

My parka-clad Eskimo.