Wintery Days!

 

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1. Steaming hot SOUP

on a cold winter’s day.

Through my kitchen window,

a wintry display.

Thinking what chores

that I need to get done,

along with some errands 

that I'd like to run.

2. Envisioning how 

I’ll arrive at each place,

I imagine the feel 

of moist snow on my face.

Wintertime has a 

mystique all its own.

In my heart, it's unique MAGIC 

clearly has grown.

3. Whether its cold days 

court sunshine or clouds,
their wonder, a time for
REFLECTION, allows.

Though snowflakes or icicles, 

crystals or frost;

ignoring these pleasures, 

rare beauty is lost.

4. Through frosted windows

view wild life, like birds,

or leaves brought to LIFE 

by the breeze wind incurs.

Every display, whether 

humble or grand,

enhances the heavens, 

the sky, sea, and land.

5. Sometimes I wonder 

how many on earth

take time to appreciate 

wintertime’s worth.

Its own PRISTINE beauty 

of crystal and white

enhance and help brighten 

the darkness of night.

I pray in the future 

you’ll vow to give praise

for the crystallized beauty 

of wintery days!

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Fresh Perked Coffee!

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1. Get some coffee perking 

in the morning every day.

It will brighten everything you do 

and all you say!

Its sound and smell will STIMULATE 

your senses all day long,

creating in your mind and heart 

a cheerful joyous song!

2. Whether you are active 

or just sitting in your seat,

you will feel your spirit dance 

to its delightful beat.

Every morning you should choose 

a clever happy way

to get some MOTIVATION 

that will liven up your day.

3. HAPPINESS you find in life, 

like lovely flowers that bloom,

originates from roots 

of happy thoughts that replace gloom.

You are the sole planter, 

my dear friend, of every thought

you bury in the darkened earth 

until new life is sought.

4. If you water all your seeds 

of POSITIVITY

with kindly words and loving actions 

you will surely see

colorful flowers of virtue grow 

and shed each cheerful hue.

They’ll refresh your spirit 

like the early morning dew.

5. So as you rise each morning 

make it CHEERFUL from the start,

and let a pot of fresh perked coffee 
dance within your heart!

Walk Inside Your Home!

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1. Walk inside your home in winter
when it's cold outside.
Do not let the weather keep you
from our EXCERCISE.
You may have your reasons
why it's difficult to go
and bundle up to walk outside
in wintry ice and snow.

2. There are such advantages
to walking in your home.
One is that it's so relaxing,
safe, and very WARM!
You need not wear a coat or boots,
a scarf or wintry hat.
And you don't have to drive
since you can start right where you're at!

3. You can walk before the dawn
or well into the NIGHT.
It doesn't matter how you look
since you'll be out of sight!
I especially love it
when my family is asleep.
I walk around the living room
without making a peep.

4. I wrote this poem for you
as I was walking round the room,
while gazing at the snow's reflections
from the glowing moon.
Many times I say my prayers
when it is very late.
It is the most peaceful time
when I can MEDITATE.

5. At times I have a crackling fire
blazing here inside,
while gazing through my windows
at the snow within my sight.
I view the lovely wintry scenes
without having to roam,
and find it very COZY walking
right inside my home!