coming into the snow over Pittsburgh

Being from the Pittsburgh area and now living away from the snow, your title meant "homecoming" to me initially.  And while that technically holds true, since the narrator does go home to find the snow, I find it interesting that the "homecoming" idea holds true on another level, assuming one sees death in that light.

 I agree with Stephan: "my father, courting death,/tried to put on the holiday" is a powerful pair of lines.  I also appreciate the matter-of-fact-ness of "the flight was on schedule," and the use of "drifted" works well in foreshadowing the coming snow.

I do think there is room to polish this further ("came and went" is cliche, and the first 4 lines of the "I held him" stanza feels like it's asking for something more, I think), BUT I am convinced it works -- and works well -- as it stands.

 Nicely done, Norm.

Julie