![The snow fence drawing and the poem appeared on the December 1960 Christmas card designed by James Reaney.](https://jamesreaney.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015ReaneyCard-300x182.jpg)
Beside the road the snow fence stands
And holds the snow in slatty hands.
Once our humanity did hold
A dove of white, a boy of gold.
James Reaney, 1960
![James Reaney and Ian Chunn (son-in-law) with granddaughter Edie Reaney Chunn, December 25, 1996 in London, Ontario.](https://jamesreaney.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/JCRIC199601-300x207.jpg)
![James Reaney on a winter walk with his son James Stewart Reaney, December 25, 1996.](https://jamesreaney.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/JCRJSR199602-300x202.jpg)
Poet, Playwright, and Artist (1926 – 2008)
Beside the road the snow fence stands
And holds the snow in slatty hands.
Once our humanity did hold
A dove of white, a boy of gold.
James Reaney, 1960