Winter Wonder

 The ermine mantle covering earth

Deftly hides the world once more

As shapes and forms begin to emerge

That have never been seen before.

Branches drip with mother-of-pearl

And diamond frost and rainbow makes

As icy castles and sparkling stars

Are mirrored in shimmering lakes.

And in this transformed magic land

Coated with soft and silent snow,

God's creatures leave a tiny tail

That vanishes into woods below.

~ Eva Marie Ippolito

Thou has set

all the borders

of the earth:

thou hast made

summer and winter.

Ps. 74:17