Tears

Snowflakes had gathered
in her eyelashes

and made it appear
as though she
had been crying.

— Augusten Burroughs, "You Better Not Cry"

Ice

The icicle
became
a snowflake,
just as it
always did
with that
Mouse's
meanest
gestures.

She thought,
He loves me.
She tried
to say it.
She couldn't.
The snowflake
melted

and left
nothing
in her heart
but a puddle
of confusion.

— Jay Cantor, "Krazy Kat"

Snow

Snowflakes were rare enough
in Franklin to give pause,
but not rare enough
to bring joy.
-- Robert Hicks, "The Widow of the South"