Ogden Nash - Winter Morning Poems

Winter is the king of showmen
Turning tree stumps into snow men
And houses into birthday cakes
And spreading sugar over lakes

Smooth and clean and frosty white
The world looks good enough to bite
That's the season to be young
Catching snowflakes on your tongue
Snow is snowy when it's snowing
I'm sorry it's slushy when it's going

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I like to walk on fresh fallen snow
The kind that whispers and speaks.
It sings a song as I walk along
With crackles and scrunches and squeaks.

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Jackets and sweaters, Stockings and boots
Snug hats and mittens, Warm woolen suits

All bundled up and ready to go
Out of the house to play in the snow

Although I feel clumsy in all of these clothes
I am so happy whenever it snows!

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Snowmen fall from Heaven,
Some assembly required.

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Where did you get that little red nose?
Jack Frost touched it, I suppose.
He touched it once, he touched it twice.
Poor little nose, it's as cold as ice.

Ogden Nash