FIRST  FROST PICTORIAL

(sing to “Animal Crackers in My Soup”)

 

Chrysanthemums are askew

Heavy-laden with frozen dew,

Frosty grass is all aglow

With something that reminds of snow!

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Yellow sun pops glistening rays

Over leaves with crystal glaze,

Tree trunks darken from melting frost

Making sure no heat is lost!

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Short-tailed fairies in waters dwell

Rising up in the moist-er dells,

Stretching lithe backs to catch the sun

Raising their arms to the Holy One!

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First frost feathers melt away

Until another autumn day,

Flowers straighten getting warm

Glad they have escaped a storm!

 

–Jonathan Caswell