on a warmish sunny winter day in the park
down by the water’s edge
looking at the snowman’s face
seeing his arms askew
wondering if he has
read the sign and is considering
taking a quick dip in the river
hoping he might be rethinking it.
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‘old snowmen never die, they just melt.’
-author unknown
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dexter-huron metropark, dexter, michigan, usa, december 2025
downtown snowman, safe and sound
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“snowfall rouses your inner child to dream and play once more.”
-angie weiland-crosby
when you try and try
to make a snowman
the fluffy, sticky, wet snow is gone
the icy, hard, dry snow is here
you think and think
of another way
just decorate a bump that you find
make a flat-puffy snowman
and there you go.
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“creativity doesn’t wait for that perfect moment. it fashions its own perfect moments out of ordinary ones.”
– bruce garrabrandt
it took a small village of kinders to make a man.
they hiked through the deep snow.
they went in the playhouse to eat some snow and get pumped up about it.
they worked hard to push heavy loads almost a big as they were.
they built. and they built.
and they moved mountains.
and they crowned him with a prized possession.
and we celebrated with a song and a dance around the man they created.
and in the seventh hour, they rested.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world;
indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.
—
image credits: j. kurtz
I didn't have my glasses on.... 