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VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2002-11-01 10:20 AM

Brrrrrrrrrr

November 1 has come again
it’s hard to believe
except for the chill that’s here
I shan't roll up my sleeve.

In fact I’ll put on extra togs
three layers, maybe more
before I venture away from here,
before I hit the door.

And I advise you, sure, dear friend
before you hit this town,
to bring your mukluks, Arctic fur
or you will sport a frown.

Of course, if you’re one poet friend
who’s facing 10 below
it might be you would wear a suit
for swimming to and fro.

For this might be a heat wave
compared to winter’s there
where you live just south of Nome
with ptarmigans in your lair.

But as for me, I tell you this,
my long-johns comfort well
save for my toes in ‘cryllic socks
so cold, they’re far from swell.

©November 1, 2002

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

Alicia
Member

since 2002-03-22

Posts 279

1 posted 2002-11-01 10:26 AM

~Aha! This is great! - It's chilly here too,...(and I've no heat in my truck). Enjoyed! *Peace.

LngJhnAg
Member Elite

since 1999-07-23

Posts 3508
Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion

2 posted 2002-11-01 10:34 AM

I'm sure you'll find some tempting lines
From Toe or Balladeer,
They'll tell about, I have no doubt,
Of how warm they are in here.

Keep closed your coat from those old goats,
They'll offer themselves to you.
Trust only me to set you free
From your freezing blues.

heh - That oughta ace those two scalawags...

Your poem was nicer than mine, but I had to reply in poetry nevertheless.

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

3 posted 2002-11-01 01:14 PM

I knew one of the muckateers would have to make a comment about your long-johns! haha

I myself was thinking of LJ and thought how fortunate for you to have more than one! LOL

Enjoyed this---but now my teeth won't stop chattering! Brrrrrr

EA

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

4 posted 2002-11-01 04:15 PM

BRRR! and I think it was just as cold in Denver last night as it was in Fairbanks!
But I still enjoy these seasonal changes.

SmartChick
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-09-23

Posts 7081
On A Journey To The Unknown

5 posted 2002-11-01 07:00 PM

I know what you mean. It is cold here, too.

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

6 posted 2002-11-01 07:27 PM

Ha! Logs, smogs...we have more (use) for the latter than the former. But lo! It is cool here today...well, cool-ER...I guess heats relative, huh...wish I was there, but not in 10 below - at least not in the wintertime...

Neat...

jwesley

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

7 posted 2002-11-01 11:37 PM

(shivers) We had the coldest Halloween on record here in Denver, and got 4 inches of snowfall too, it got to a hugh of only 17 and a low near zero. (big hugggsssss) Hope the heat waves comes in soon, I like it muy caliente, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Virginia, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

TradingSpaces19
Member

since 2002-08-31

Posts 134
Arvada, Colorado

8 posted 2002-11-01 11:44 PM

great poem! it is cold.

andrea

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

9 posted 2002-11-02 12:05 PM

Virginia, I was just thinking that
it's a little chilly feeling here,
after I read your poem......
Thennnnnnnnn....the comments and
replies I read. I decided to not
even comment on the chilliness
here.....Ya'll might shoot me
through this computer. Let's just
say that I don't have to wear any
LongJohn's here....not now, anyway. HeeHee!!
Love To All,
Ethel

Pilgrimage
Member Elite

since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

10 posted 2002-11-02 12:22 PM

I'm sitting here in my sweat suit shivering. It's cold! It's probably 45 outside and that's bad for November. I can't imagine what January will be like .I like your poem, I just don't like Winter.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

Madame Chipmunk
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

11 posted 2002-11-02 12:25 PM

What a fun poem, Virginia...
Its freezing here also... and it snowed today.
Lots of lake effect snow off Lake Michigan, but none of it stuck...
still, there was a beautiful snowy sky
Thanks for sharing your chills with us

~ hugs from a chilly chipmunk

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

Krawdad
Member Elite

since 2001-01-03

Posts 2597

12 posted 2002-11-02 12:39 PM

ccchhhhhaaattterrrrr!!!!
Record cold in the Midwest, record warm in Alaska. Gotta wonder what a meteorologist dreams about these days.

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

13 posted 2002-11-02 09:18 AM

Yeah, I found out a poem about -10 degrees was of another time. It has been in the 40's in Alaska. Last week here, our temperatures were approaching 80, this week in the low teens for the lows and high 30's for the highs. Such an abrupt change is hard to acclimate to.I wonder often if someone out there has found a way to control the weather...a lower case someone, not an upper case Someone.He can control everything, should He choose.

Long droughts, heat or cold always cause me to wonder such things.

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

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