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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648
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The chilling winds whip through the air; Perilous patches are - ev'rywhere And frozen fingers and frozen toes And frozen ears, oh, my frozen nose! The freezing rains from the clouds of gray Have glazed, again, the ground today; The branches so bare - unoccupied Look petrified as we slip 'n' slide All bundled up as we dream of spring And of all the warmth that spring can bring -No trace of ice seen on the ground -Not a single snowflake to be found -Not a hint of winter - anywhere Only balmy breezes in the air! Oh, you can have this frigid chill Yes, I, for one, have had my fill! ------------------ Denise |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
Very nice... scraped ice off the windows yesterday morning... ack.. |
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Marilyn Member Elite
since 1999-09-26
Posts 2621Ontario, Canada |
Wonderful...Being from Canada I can relate! Mike...snowed here last night...ahhhhhhhhhhhh |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
D I loved your poem!!! Where are you poor souls that it's so cold already? Our leaves are just starting to turn. I admit it has been nippy but goodness. Wonderful piece here Denise, gave me the chills, brrr! |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Excellent! My monitor froze just displaying this. |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Thank you all for your read and comments! WhtDove, unlike Mike and Marilyn, I have not seen ice here in Philadelphia, yet! Thursday night though, we will hit the freezing point! This has been a colder than usual fall here. This is just one of my views of winter that I was reminded of when I read Balladeer's piece 'Winter-izing' and thought I'd share it! Thanks again, all!  ------------------ Denise [This message has been edited by dsnyder (edited 10-05-1999).] |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Denice, Enjoyed the read, nice one. |
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Isis Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296Sunny Queensland |
Well Denise, you painted a lovely picture for this little Aussie who comes from the tropics and has only seen snow once, some 12 years ago. Thanks for the gift my friend.. ------------------ What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny, compared to what lies within us. ~Isis~ (Daughter of Mystery) |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Seymour and Isis, thank you for your kind comments! ------------------ Denise |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Geez, Denise, now I'll have to start pointing out the good things about winter paradise! LOL. Good one! |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
thanks for the breath of cold air Denise.....it is always summer here and this was pure pleasure to read......enjoyed this much..... ------------------ May your days be filled with lots of sunshine and your nights lit up by golden moonbeams |
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Andrew Scott Member Elite
since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558Redlands,CA,USA |
D: I live in sunny So. Cal. so we don't get all that cold very often. However, I work in an office that is kept at a constant 67 degrees. Right now I'm huddling the paper coming out of our printer for the wormth it provides. Talk about being pathetic... if they would just let me set the place on fire everything would be so much better. My father-in-law tells a pretty funny story about black ice and how he was passed by his own trailer in Ohio... couldn't imagin it being funny at the time though. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
And I'm still running the AC 24 hours a day! LOL. Well done! |
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Pufalove Member
since 1999-08-18
Posts 119Houston, Tx. USA |
After reading this expressive piece, and feeling the cold winds in Nebraska, It's damn near time to get my bunns back to sunny Houston. Then I can just read about frozen fingers and frozen toes. burrrr, your poem sent a chill and made me appreciate my a/c bill. Very nicely done |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
Well done Ms. Denise..I could feel the cold chill bumps! (It couldda been from some of the mean things all these folks like Balladeer, LongJohn and Poet deVine say to me), but I think it was your expert expression of words.... |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Thank you all so much for reading and commenting on this 'chilling' piece! ------------------ Denise |
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Poet deVine
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since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Where I am, it's always warm...at least warmer than you describe so eloquently here. But there's a chill in our air too.. got down to 62 last night...and now that it's 98 during the day, we can turn off our AC! |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Thanks for your read and comments, PdV! Did you say you can turn 'off' your A/C when it's 98 degrees?! I don't like the extremes of heat anymore than I like the extremes of the winter! My A/C doesn't go off 'till it's under 80 degrees. But of course we have very high humidity here which makes it verrrry uncomfortable! And living in your typical brick 'rowhouse' which,unfortunately, faces east, we never get any breezes! ------------------ Denise |
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caroline Senior Member
since 1999-08-16
Posts 1218http://members.xoom.com/belladona123/index.htm |
Great poem Denise! PDV must live around the corner from me. With the heat wave we had this summer, 98 is a cold front! Tonight is lovely though...68 and lots of breeze....sleepin' weather ------------------ "Tread softly, for I have spread my dreams under your feet"~~William Butler Yeats |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
...ooops, thank you Caroline! Just now found this! So glad that you liked it!  ------------------ Denise |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
All of you - Bite yer tongues... and Let some warm SUNSHINE in!!!  All right - I admit - It's a good poem.. |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Wow! Thank you for that sun! And the kind comment! ------------------ Denise |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Keep the cold air away from me it's not good for my arthritic knee, So Cal winters are the best a picture post card for the rest. I enjoyed this poem very much but I don't like to be cold. I think I'll go sit in the sun for awhile. |
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U K Hero Member
since 1999-08-08
Posts 266England |
I can see why so much attention, its very good, and TTTYG |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Thanks for the comment, Martie. That sun sounds good! The warmth, I'll try to imagine! Enjoy! And thank you, as well UK Hero, glad you enjoyed it too! ------------------ Denise |
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