Overnight

Silently,
ground covering
blanket fell overnight,
creating a winter wonderland.
Snow.
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Apart from a brief flurry before Christmas, that didn’t settle as the ground was too wet and soon returned to rain, this is the first snow we have had this winter. I’m so glad to see it, such a necessary part of winter. Already some has melted in the weak sunshine but we may get some more later today or again overnight.

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Snow

Snow
at last,
lying stretched like
a pauper’s worn, old
blanket.

Sea

Sea, a grey blanket,
wavelets lapping on the shore,
my eyes gaze and gaze.

Cosy Blanket

Wrapped in a cosy blanket of snow
my little car is not going anywhere.
All her usual outings cancelled,
she stays tucked up in bed.

Blue Sky

Shy patches of blue sky
peep out round the edges
of the comforting blanket of clouds.