Whimsical Wednesdays- "Winter Ballet"

I wrote this poem in grade 12 English class. I included it in an anthology I did for Writer's Craft in OAC's. It was inspired by my time out in the country, lying in the snow-covered field  at my grandparent's house.

Winter Ballet

Pixie dust whirls around

My soft down-covered bed

A white blanket muffles the countryside.

As far in the distance

A whistle calls.

A dog barks,

And my heart

Beats a steady rhythm.

Lost in the white silence,

The gentle breath of wind,

The swirl of flakes,

I rest in winter's embrace.

Motionless,

I breathe out icy clouds

Which swirl away

To join

The ballet of the snow.

Just for fun. Here is a poem I wrote at school when I was eight from the same anthology. I illustrated it as well with a picture of a whale and a black haired observer leaning out from the sea, perhaps on a boat. I have left the spelling errors and improper lines in for a more authentic feel.

O Great Whale I love your tail for it is

very pretty. But great Whale why are

they taking you to the city? Will they turn 

you into rocks What about pink pokadots? O Great

Whale I love your tail. But I am filled with pitty

for you are going to the city.