He Knows No Winter
by Sudie Bower Stuart Hager, Idaho’s Poet Laureate
He knows no winter, he who loves the soil,
For, stormy days, when he is free from toil,
He plans his summer crops, selects his seeds
From bright-paged catalogs for garden needs.
When looking out upon frost-silvered fields,
He visualizes autumn’s golden yields;
He sees in snow and sleet and icy rain
Precious moisture for his early grain;
He hears spring-heralds in the storm’s ‘turmoil
He knows no winter, he who loves the soil.
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A peaceful winter landscape showing gently rolling hills blanketed in deep, untouched snow. Snow-covered pine trees line the horizon under a bright, cloudy sky.