Winter Sprite I

Serenade forth snow
‘Neath harvest moon low
Usher chilled rain
Beckon solstice wane

Autumn, summer, spring
Wood sprite’s whimsical swing
Ancient be her sway
Antics on display

Animals follow her lead
Shrouding spring seed
Flora took abed
Rest a weary head

Trees burnish a leaf
Assured winter be brief
Stars and fairy dust
A promise to entrust

Snowlike alabaster ash
Entombed in cloudy cache
Cast quicksilver down
Blanket stoic ground