I wasn’t planning to post today, but Betsy’s Michigan poems inspired me when I stopped by to check out the round-up. So for my daily poem this morning, I wrote Song of the Ice Storm.
Song of the Ice Storm
winter storm swoops in
on silent wings,
but it nests in noise:
it clatters and clinks
like silver shells or
icy shards
it squeaks below my feet
like autumn’s back door
creaking closed
it cracks like a great glass egg
breaking open to spill
out winter
winter storm swoops in
on silent wings,
then hatches an orchestra of dry
–Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved
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28 Responses
Lovely poem of winter with autumn’s door creaking closed. I’m glad you joined in today.
Thanks, Margaret–I appreciate it…
Lovely poem of winter with autumn’s door creaking closed. I’m glad you joined in today.
Thanks, Margaret–I appreciate it…
You nailed it, Laura, and make it seem much more pleasant than it really is (as I sit in a winter storm this a.m.)!
Thanks, Jane:>) Sometimes a storm is much more enjoyable on the page than in person. I do love the beauty of an ice storm, though–afterward.
You nailed it, Laura, and make it seem much more pleasant than it really is (as I sit in a winter storm this a.m.)!
Thanks, Jane:>) Sometimes a storm is much more enjoyable on the page than in person. I do love the beauty of an ice storm, though–afterward.
Beautiful images and such strong verbs!
Thanks, Diana!
Beautiful images and such strong verbs!
Thanks, Diana!
This is fabulous, Laura! :0)
Thank you, Catherine!
This is fabulous, Laura! :0)
Thank you, Catherine!
I’m glad I’m not in the storm, but you’ve described the feelings! Love ‘spilling out winter”.
We didn’t get an ice storm, but the Poetry Friday roundup post made me feel like we did. Thanks, Linda!
I’m glad I’m not in the storm, but you’ve described the feelings! Love ‘spilling out winter”.
We didn’t get an ice storm, but the Poetry Friday roundup post made me feel like we did. Thanks, Linda!
“Hatches an orchestra,” brilliant. Glad you wrote this today. It took me there.
Thanks, Betsy!
“Hatches an orchestra,” brilliant. Glad you wrote this today. It took me there.
Thanks, Betsy!
Laura,
Love the use of simile to describe the winter storm: “LIKE SILVER SHELLS OR
ICY SHARDS.” I find the structures of poems fascinating and really enjoyed the way you used the first stanza again at the end, but changed just one line. Perfect!
Cathy
Thanks, Cathy–I appreciate the feedback. The ending was a quick whim…I couldn’t figure out how to sum it up, so I just repeated:>)
Laura,
Love the use of simile to describe the winter storm: “LIKE SILVER SHELLS OR
ICY SHARDS.” I find the structures of poems fascinating and really enjoyed the way you used the first stanza again at the end, but changed just one line. Perfect!
Cathy
Thanks, Cathy–I appreciate the feedback. The ending was a quick whim…I couldn’t figure out how to sum it up, so I just repeated:>)