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Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

0 posted 2004-01-22 01:58 PM

The slash
cold ice hard wind
across my cheek
startled half shuttered eyes
into a flapping blink
as tears began to form
on this
January winter's morn

Half lit the sky
seemed telling of the day
not yet awake
and I shoved hands deeper
into pockets
fishing for keys

Wonder
suspended by lack of interest
mechanics take over
and gears turn on gears
in spin of making do
while denial plays
along the slit of dawn
as if to tease complacency
into a game of dare

But I continue on
each gust to come
another reason for sweaters
that are at least an attempt
to wrap against skin
something warm

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2004-01-22 02:00 PM

and gears turn on gears
in spin of making do
while denial plays
along the slit of dawn
as if to tease complacency
into a game of dare

~*~

But Sir...it's 34 degrees.
Just a hair past
freezing.

Are you sure the gears
even want to turn?

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

2 posted 2004-01-22 02:02 PM

25 this early morn... and wind from the north.. thickens the oil and makes them engage slowly.. and make a sluggish sound.. protesting the idea of movement of any kind.

richard taylor
Member

since 2004-01-13

Posts 136

3 posted 2004-01-22 02:03 PM

good write, perhaps performance poem excellent
richard.

muted

Member Elite

since 2004-01-15

Posts 2949
Elapsing, Eclipsing, Evolving

4 posted 2004-01-22 02:10 PM

mm..i enjoyed this
(while im sitting in front my fan here warding off the heat!)

cold mornings, i miss those.

Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

5 posted 2004-01-22 02:11 PM

I love to just sit and read your words because I know I will never be disappointed!
Very well done Sir.

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

6 posted 2004-01-22 02:14 PM

Ron...the wind is blowing warm here...the Santa Ana's!

"while denial plays
along the slit of dawn
as if to tease complacency
into a game of dare"

always the fresh images in your writing, my friend.

Can I offer you a warm hug?

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

7 posted 2004-01-22 02:16 PM

And we have a forcast for snow this weekend - horray, I get to play! I can hardly wait. This felt "chilly" that's for sure. You know if you feel that tingle that you are almost loosing your eyelid to frost, it is a wonderful feeling (if you are used to it)

Good job here Captain.

Life is but a magical mystery
~ Blessed Be ~

Greeneyes

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-09-09

Posts 9903
In Your Poetic Mind

8 posted 2004-01-22 02:17 PM

LOL and we have warmed up to -1 below....windchill -25 below, sounds like shorts weather to me -- anyone got a pair of flip flops??? awwww sir I know all too well the cold....I could knit you a sweater, but it wouldnt make it in time....

warm up!! hugssssss

~*~
In your light I learn how to love
In your beauty how to make poems
You dance inside my chest where
no one sees you and that sight becomes art

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

9 posted 2004-01-22 02:29 PM

Sounds like it's warm here, compared to poor Laurens weather....
It did freeze the last two nights, though.

Good writing, as always, Capt. Ron.

Duncan
Member Ascendant

since 2001-08-07

Posts 5455

10 posted 2004-01-22 02:32 PM

Exactly why I'm trying to train one of the cats to walk the dog. It's brutal out there!!

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

11 posted 2004-01-22 02:41 PM

It has been a very cold winter..
but oh how I love the crunch the snow makes under my boots,
and the invigorating feeling once back inside.
~Warm hugs~

In the midst of winter..
I found there lives within me,
an invincible summer.

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

12 posted 2004-01-22 02:49 PM

How do you manage to take a typical day and write it into something so wonderful.

Oh Captain, dear Captain

you do this so well.

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

13 posted 2004-01-22 03:02 PM

"The slash
cold ice hard wind
across my cheek
startled half shuttered eyes
into a flapping blink
as tears began to form"

More than once..

ice
Member Elite

since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

14 posted 2004-01-22 04:12 PM

A timely and well done poem, it certainly fits what is happening in north central Pa. wind is 25-40 today NNW, blowing the plowed off snow back onto the roads..
Enjoyed this poem, Cpat.....:-)
________ice
><>

kaile

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since 2000-02-06

Posts 5146
singapore

15 posted 2004-01-23 05:14 AM

the title intrigued me and i dig these lines:

while denial plays
along the slit of dawn
as if to tease complacency
into a game of dare

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

16 posted 2004-01-31 01:32 PM

this hit me just right today

thanks Ron

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