THIS POEM IS NOT PRESENTED AS I INTENDED (ie. DOUBLE SPACED).
THIS HAS BEEN DONE BY PERSONS BEYOND MY CONTROL
THUS DIMINISHING THE READING EXPERIENCE.
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The oak and rowan slumber still
Reposing in their frosted bed;
Holding off the shivered chill
Dormant, docile, all but dead.
Skeletons drab against the cloud
Leafless limbs up-reaching high;
Clothed in dew, a frozen shroud,
Below them hidden secrets lie.
On the ground the snowdrops burst
Early risers of the year
Contending to be blooming first
A fleetly winter\'s end in near.
Premature, the sunlight\'s rays
Icy stalactites eroding,
Tumbling down a spectral haze
With leafy new born buds exploding.
A feathered bird throng fills the skies
With warbled wonder aforetime;
Showing up in sweet surprise
Stepping out before it\'s prime.
And now the season, bright and bold,,
Marches on afresh and new
Driving out the drizzled cold
As spring has sprung before her due.
ASJ