A Spring Squall in New England

By Dawn M. Adams

The wind dances through the falling snow, which twinkles and shimmers

as it lay itself upon the ground –

each flake bent over like a ballerina folded and waiting for the next note to spring to life.

The bluster rattles the windows and threatens to draw us back into winter,

but the crocus and the Lenten rose stand defiantly against the onslaught.

Tomorrow the sun will melt away the snow

and the winds will subside.

Locals will go out without a coat and claim,

“Spring is here!”


written during a spring squall April 2025

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Author: Dawn Adams

I am a UCC minister that is currently serving in Wolfeboro, NH at the First Congregational Church, Wolfeboro. I love to read, write, hike, and learn new things. I am a wife, mother of two grown children, and the grandmother of three.

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