SNOW POEMS

It Fell in the City
Eve Merriam

It fell in the city,
It fell through the night,
And the black rooftops
All turned white.

Red fire hydrants
All turned white.
Blue police cars
All turned white.

Green garbabge cans
All turned white.
Gray sidewalks
All turned white.

Yellow NO PARKING signs
All turned white.
When it fell in the city
All through the night.

Snow Stars
Regina Sauro

Delicate
And feathery,
Crystal clear
And white,
Six-point stars
Come tumbling,
Softly
In the night.

A Crystal of Snow
M. Lucille Ford

A crystal of snow is a wonderful thing
With texture as fine as a butterfly's wing;
With network of atoms like filmy spun lace,
Or petal arrangement of fair flower face.

A crystal of snow is a beautiful thing
With the sparkle of drops what to spicers' webs cling
On a bright dewy morn; and the luster of pearl;
Or a diamond gleam on a glistening curl.

A crystal of snow is a curious thing -
With dew of summer - or rain of spring -
And frost of autumn mixed into it all
The flowers of cloudland that earthward do fall.

A Winter Surprise
Solveig Paulson Russell

Last night while I was sleeping
The snow came softly down
And slipped on all the shrubbery
A shining snowflake gown.

I guess that every little bush
Felt startled with surprise,
To find itself a cotton plant
On opening up its eyes.

White Snow
Helen H. Moore

The snow is white and clean.
It makes a lovely scene.

It covers cars, and trees, and streets,
and makes the world go "hush".
It looks so very pretty -
until it turns to slush!

Falling Snow
author unknown

See the pretty snowflakes
Falling from the sky.
On the walk and housetops
Soft and thick they lie.

On the windowledges
On the branches bare:
Now how fast they gather,
Filling all teh air.
Look into the garden,
Where the grass was green;
Covered by the snowflakes,
Not a blade is seen.

Now the bare black bushes
All look soft and white,
Every twig is laden -
What a pretty sight!

Snow
Lillie D. Chaffin

Snow blows
In bunches.
Snow sparkles
And crunches.

Snow is clean and cold.
Snow is crisp, and yet
When it warms a little,
Snow is wet.

Any winter day, I know,
Is pleasanter when there is snow.

Snowfall
Margaret Hillert

Someone in the sky last night
Had an awful pillow fight,
And when I woke today I found
All the feathers on the ground.

I Wonder
Frances Gorman Risser

A snowflake landed on my nose,
And slid a little way;
Another followed, then a third
Joined them without delay.

More snowflakes followed, thick and fast,
And slipped down, side by side -
I wonder if they thought my nose
Was a toboggan slide?

Ode to a Snowflake
William Tozzi

You dance just like a ballerina
in the air, so cold.
At times, you're very shy and timid,
at other times, you're bold.

Dressed up in your crystal costume,
molded in symmetry.
Your design is like no other.
Unique, I must agree.

You play your part so gracefully
without making a sound,
whether you are pirouetting
or blanketing the ground.

You act so very innocent
when you're a solo flake.
Combined with others of your ilk,
all the rules, you break.

At spring's first hint, you shed your mask
and end the masquerade.
You quickly run off and forsake
the wonder that you made.

Next winter, you'll appear again,
your charm will mesmerize.
And you'll make me forget that you're
a rain drop in disguise.

Snowflakes

Victoria Lantz

Little snow flakes so soft and white,
Falling silently during the night.
Glistening in the sun today,
Makes us want to come out and play.
We'll build a snowman
And a fort or two.
Which wouldn't be possible, without you.
We love it when they cancel school,
You'll hear us yell, "snow days are cool!"
Pretty soon though, you will melt
But we'll always remember just how we felt,
The day the snow came tumbling down,
And covered every street in town.

Surprise

I opened my eyes and my room was bright.
I wondered what had happened outside last night.
I opened the windows and let everyone know,
The world was covered with fluffy white snow.
I grabbed my mittens, my scarf and my suit,
And pulled on my brand new winter boots.
I ran outside and I started to play,
And I hoped that the snow was here to stay.

Snow

Mary Ann Hoberman

Snow
Snow
Lots of snow
Everywhere we look
And everywhere we go
Snow in the sandbox
Snow on the slide
Snow on the bicycle
Left outside
Snow on the steps
And snow on my feet
Snow on the sidewalk
Snow on the sidewalk
Snow on the sidewalk
Down the street.