Alone at night
no power, no heat
only grandma’s quilt,
candle light, and the snap
of falling branches.
Like a chrysalis
freezing rain forms to trees
pruning weak branches.
Telephone wires sag and fall,
cars slide on ribbons of ice,
everything is paralyzed.
An almost forgotten kettle
starts to whistle. A cup of tea
warms cold fingers.
Dawn reveals tree limbs that
glitter like diamonds
and crack like gunshots.
Life’s flurry comes to a halt;
appointments and deadlines
belong to another world.
Chimneys send smoke
signals. Life reverts
two hundred years.
Can’t argue with an ice storm.
Just marvel at the beauty
of Nature's indifference.
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Wonderful
Very creative and well done. Thank you for sharing.
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Just a beautiful poem in it's eloquent description of an ice storm!
Wonderfully written!
Regards,
DeGraw
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I loved these descriptions and yes, you cannot argue with an ice storm.
This made me smile. Simple elegance. Well done. I enjoyed this very much. Thank you for your entry and best of luck in the judging. ~Pamela
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Ice storms and natures harshness in general tends to bring civilization back to a lower common denominator a humbling experience indeed.
Paul
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oh the beauty totally depends on which power company you have lol.. This is beautiful!
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How true!
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Eek... fuck winter! I had ice on my windows this morning and I live in friggin' San Diego!
(I likethis, btw... no suggestions for you)
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San Diego? Is that where you up and moved? Now I'm going to have to drive even farther to visit you!
I may hitch a ride with Jeanette one of these times when she goes to visit her mom. You will find me on your doorstep some evening.
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Yep. We're in North County, about 15 minutes north of San Diego... but I guess it's all San Diego once you're this far down. We're an hour and twenty minutes further South than we were before. And it is NOTHING like Orange County down here.
We've got an awesome place though, 3 bedroom, 2 bath so if you do show up on the doorstep, you've got you're own room! (Bet that sounds nice huh?)
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Cool. I may never go back home
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I grew up in Colorado & I never saw a real ice storm there. Then I lived in MD & saw a minor one. Now New York on the other hand... Finding your car encased in *inches* of crystal is quite a surprise the first time.
Loved this even though I don't share your sense of nostalgia.
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New York ice storms are pretty spectacular.
Actually, I about froze my knickers off that night, and my boyfriend worked nights. The next morning, it took him 45 minutes to drive 11 miles. Before he could even get out of our truck, I climbed in and told him to take me someplace warm, so we drove another 45 minutes looking for someplace that was open for breakfast. We walked in, and his entire family was in there too.
Our power was on that afternoon, but my mom didn't have power for 5 days, and my (then) boyfriend's sister didn't have any for a week. There were places in Rochester that went 2 weeks without power after that storm.
We went to go check on my mother, and she insisted I go with her to Oswego (2 hours away) to check on my sister!
We take little things like being able to pick up the telephone and make a phone call for granted until times like those. -
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One of my New York friends had a little 4WD wagon. Ice storm. Decided to drive anyway. First he had to use a blowtorch to unlock it. Once he got the driver's side door open, it wouldn't close again because of the weight of the ice. The body of the car flattened the suspension from front to back. I don't know how he made it, but he did. After the ice melted, the door closed normally again, too. Amazing.
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That is amazing.
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excellent~
This is beautiful sweet sis
Felt as If I were there hearing the snap of the branches....were due for some of that frozen sleet tonight..only hope it doesn't get this bad....
Picture perfect sweetie
Hope this gets you a trophy if I were judging it surely would..........
Just super
Hugs
Your sis
Susan~~~
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