Calendar Books by Allen James - Daily Reading - A note to welcome February

Welcome February.....for most in the Mid-west we awoke to yet another snow covered landscape, with more to come it appears tomorrow.....today I thought I'd give you something different....

Enjoy "White", a poem inspired by just such a morning as I looked out my patio doors at the winter wonderland one winter morning.

White

The snow falls, subtly winter arrives,
Pelting stillness surrounds.

The snow falls, a fresh blanket of pure
White pervades the twinkle less sky.

Diamonds glisten in the moonless night,
Beauty encompasses the orb on which life is sustained.

Sleep is interrupted by a quietness so loud
It beckons us to attend.

Such a miracle need not be announced.

Bleak no longer lusts for a season.
It is sustained only by our need for rest.

The snow falls, and peace, that sanguine
Reality, enthralls creation like a newborn's arrival;

A welcome talisman of a time that stands still, 
A time of childlike wonder.

The snow falls, a soft hand caresses the globe,
White.

(This and other Allen James poems can be found in his book, "From the Heart: prose and poetry from the depths of life" at www.lulu.com/spotlight/allenjames1961 both in paperback and as an immediate download ebook.)

Keep looking up.  : )   AJ