Winter day on the First of May

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Open Poetry #42

Winter day on the First of May

Jaime Fradera
Senior Member

since 2000-11-25

Posts 843
Where no tyranny is tolerable

0 posted 2008-05-01 06:19 PM

I am sitting here
banging on this here keyboard,
window thrown open to the cold,
when all at once, it strikes me.
Something in the air again.
It is in the air.
It is the tell tale,
the sweet, clean, frosty scent of winter.
A winter day on the first of may.
I step outside, topless,
open chested to the sky,
to inhale it.
Nobody's going to see me anyway ...
It smells as if it wants to snow righ now ...
I like imagining
that this is a gift
from the land of Arctic Ali,
maybe even from Ali herself!
Thinking so makes me happy.

Gift Borne to me by weather system,

and wind that once blew
and drifted
pure and virgin snow.

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2008-05-02 08:42 PM

When living in Alaska, one expects wintry weather on May 1, but not necessarily in Denver. (It was only 34F here in
PA on the morning of the first)
The feel of crisp fresh Arctic air is invigorating!

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

2 posted 2008-05-03 01:19 AM

Hey Jaimie,

I put a ribbon around it. I love this poem - you make me smile and I have missed your notes.

Thank you for the warmth of friendship on a cool May night.

Ali

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

3 posted 2008-05-03 02:06 AM

Lovely, Jaimie. Perhaps all of life is a gift when we feel it.

Helen

shyvl
Senior Member

since 2008-04-11

Posts 531
texas, usa

4 posted 2008-05-03 05:04 AM

beautiful James, I am so glad you got to experience these visions and write them down.
sharyn

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