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aziza
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Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!

0 posted 2006-10-29 01:34 AM


Tattered plastic blows in the winter gales
Snow swirls around weathered log walls
Creating dunes of white
Banking them higher and higher
Against frost-painted windows
The murky day is painted black
As night creates a curtain of false warmth
Music soars to a crescendo
While dried spruce pops in the fireplace
Sparks spiral up the stovepipe
To flirt with the wind
Blankets piled high in drafty bedrooms
And night is filled with raging taunts
Howling, shrieking, relentless
Battling with fierce determination
Lights flicker, off – on – off – on
Off
Soft hissing comforts those with books on waiting laps
The Coleman lantern offers muted invitation
And pages, once again, turn silently
While January cries.

aziza



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deleeme
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since 1999-10-09
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1 posted 2006-10-29 07:03 AM


I feel the chill and the threat and the thrill of your very descriptive words and word pictures.  This one really has the feel of your frigid topic.

Well Done,
David

Every Day's a Blessing
And Gift-Wrapped from Above,
Share it with another
And Spread the Father's Love!!!

May You come to Know His Best Blessing

Dark Stranger
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since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631
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2 posted 2006-10-29 07:19 AM


ms az,,,watch the trees lean in against you
to warm you...know them by name

enjoyed this place...

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26
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displaced
3 posted 2006-10-29 08:09 AM


felt like I was there!
aziza
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Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!
4 posted 2006-10-29 03:11 PM


David
Thank you so much for reading and commenting.  It makes me happy that you felt this one.

aziza

aziza
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Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!
5 posted 2006-10-29 03:14 PM


My friend, Dark --

Funny you should mention naming the trees -- we did just that in my family.  They were loved -- and they did keep us warm.

Thank you for your words and for reading -- someone I know says this and it fits you too ..

You smile me.

az

aziza
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Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!
6 posted 2006-10-29 03:15 PM


passing shadows,

Thanks for passing through my poetry.  I am glad you felt like you were there -- that, alone, makes me smile.

aziza

The Lady
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since 2005-12-26
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7 posted 2006-10-29 08:49 PM




it's good to read you again
aziza
I love the way
January cries
it is a comforting poem
for me...

well done my friend

aziza
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since 2006-07-09
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Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!
8 posted 2006-10-30 01:57 AM


Thank you, my Lady friend.
It's good to be back
I find this place to also be very comforting.

xoxoox
aziza

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