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WolfHeart
Junior Member

since 2008-12-17

Posts 23
Oregon, USA

0 posted 2008-12-25 12:53 PM

East Wind is a monster
roaring through the gorge.
Mountains of ice and snow
the East Wind does forge.

Ice to dance old lady feet
in a dervish whirled jig.
Snow on sidewalks needs
a snappy shovel to dig.

Cold bites hapless ears
that lose the warmth of a hat.
Snow leaves the world a bumpy
ride, no bit of ground left flat.

Cars are stalled, freeways close.
Red appears on every single nose.
Mailman can't do appointed route,
leaving neighborhoods to do without.

Watery eyes view a blurry scene
as wind tugs scarves around necks.
Streets are snowball battlefields,
where sit snowed-in car wrecks.

Christmas blooms icy and bright,
not worried about storms or ice.
For Christmas brings a glow
of peace that is without price.

"Love the unloveable; they need it most of all."

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

1 posted 2008-12-25 02:03 PM

Reading your poem makes me very happy to be living in sunny South Africa but Christmas does indeed bring a glow no matter where. Sadly though it's sometimes only for a day. Enjoyed the feel of cold through your words.

Helen

WolfHeart
Junior Member

since 2008-12-17

Posts 23
Oregon, USA

2 posted 2008-12-25 02:07 PM

Thanks, Helen - we are just snowed in to no end here in Portland. Usually we barely even have a skiff each year. But this big storm came and nothing is open, accessible, or normal! I long for a bit of South African weather here.

"Love the unloveable; they need it most of all."

YoungatHeart2
Member

since 2008-12-12

Posts 81

3 posted 2008-12-25 03:09 PM

A perfect portrait of a snowy day. Very well done, to my nonpoetic taste.

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

4 posted 2008-12-25 06:06 PM

Seems like you'd best just sit back and enjoy Christmas.. Have a Merry one..

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

5 posted 2008-12-27 09:47 PM

Wonderful...James

sarah 45
Member

since 2008-12-19

Posts 54

6 posted 2008-12-28 04:37 PM

reading your words made me feel real cold but also made me laugh, it really sounded like christmas time.
and by the way, although it's kina late merry christmas and happy new year..

WolfHeart
Junior Member

since 2008-12-17

Posts 23
Oregon, USA

7 posted 2008-12-28 05:27 PM

Sarah, thanks for the wishes and I wish right back that this new year will be prosperous and maybe our new president
will turn this country around a bit.

"Love the unloveable; they need it most of all."

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