Snow, let it snow

                                

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Pearls of Ice,

Riding on arrows of wind,

Slicing through the fragile

Fabric of days and nights.

Stirring the crunchy creamy snow:

Clear the driveway

Or

Call for a cab ?

Harsh decisions, harsh reality,

Harsh winter.

This is a re-post from 2015. The high lighted words are from Wednesday Words, a writing challenge for bloggers to experiment in genre. Delores created this entertaining writing for bloggers to create. Delores stepped down from this, handing the baton over to other blogging friends to continue. New words can be found at Elephant's Child during the week.

 

For my sister, Mary.

She survives each winter with a little grace and some wine. Her quilts are phenomenal.

 

 

Wednesday Words: Ode to Frozen Wastelands

Source: ckgd2

Pearls of Ice,

Riding on arrows of wind,

Slicing through the fragile

Fabric of tolerance, endurance.

Stirring the not-so-creamy snow:

Clearing the driveway

Or

Calling for a cab ?

Harsh decisions, harsh reality,

Harsh winter.

For my sister, Mary

Source: Wikipedia, CS Lewis, and my sister

Again, many thanks to Delores   for the bold underlined words.  Looking at the photos of her poor hubby carving through snow in his driveway and hearing my sister Mary's message on my answer machine:  my inspiration for the ode above.

Please click on the unfrozen stream on the right sidebar to access other participants in her Wednesday Words experience.