How To Make A Snow Angel

Published on: August 11, 2025

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How To Make A Snow Angel

Go alone or with a best friend.
     Find a patch of unbroken snow.
Walk on tiptoes. Step backwards
     Into your very last footprints.

Slowly sit back onto the snow.
     Absolutely do not use your hands.
By now you should be lying flat
     With snow fitting snug around you.

Let your eyes drink some blue sky.
     Close them. Breathe normally.
Move you arms back and forth.
     Concentrate. Think: snow angel.

In a minute don’t be surprised
     If you start feeling a little funny.
Big and small. Warm and cold.
     Your breath as light as a snowflake.

Sweep your legs back and forth
     But keep both eyes tightly closed.
Keep moving the arms until they
     Lift, tremble, wobble, or float.

Stand without using your hands.
     Take time to get your balance.
Take three deep breaths.
     Open your eyes.
Stretch. Float. Fly!

By Ralph Fletcher