by Cat Givens
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November 16, 2005

Snowstorm at 4 AM

February 12, 2006 07:02 AM EST (Updated: February 12, 2006 07:11 AM EST)
views: 3 | rating: 9.9/10 (9 votes) | comments: 17
Snow falls like powdered sugar through a sieve
caking the roadway and field

My tongue delights with each flake's melting
I try to keep up with the falling bliss as I
clean car windows, but they are covered again even
Before I finish!

I smile at the moonlit sky
climb into my silent carriage and drive into the night
Tires crunching as I behold the
Vision before me,
So many glowing stars flying right at me
this
Snow
which falls like powdered sugar through a sieve
caking the roadway and field
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Comments: 17

Stephen Schneider Feb 12, 2006, 7:34am EST
Very pretty, glad I'm not there anymore
Edward F. Feb 12, 2006, 8:21am EST
You must have been up early this morning Cathy, beautifully written.
Kathryn E. Feb 12, 2006, 8:31am EST
So nice to read, so pretty to see and think about and so lovely to believe I can ignore that it's happening outside my window at 8:30 a.m.
Rick Bettencourt Feb 12, 2006, 9:22am EST
I like this. I think you could even make it better.

I almost got the feeling of this being a little Christmas song or poem, something that would be read on television in connection with little cartoon characters running about. I'd flesh it out more and maybe give it more of a timeless, classic sense so that it could fit in anywhere.

Good job.

Bandit Talks
Lisa Kuenzi Feb 12, 2006, 9:26am EST
Cathy, thanks for the lovely images...we did not have snow this winter here in the Willamette Valley so it is nice to be reminded of the beauty it beholds.
Cat Givens Feb 12, 2006, 10:50am EST
Well, the snow came in firecely and is now not falling at all! Clear bright sunshine on new snow!
Rick, Thanks for your suggestions! I'm so tired, such a sleepless night, (but worth the view). I'll come back to this with refreshed eyes.
Peace, All!
jessie voigts Feb 12, 2006, 10:57am EST
cathy - gorgeous!! i loved all your words, but esp the glowing stars flying at me, and the powdered sugar. wow! thanks.
d g. Feb 12, 2006, 1:02pm EST
Ever try a Peppermint Patty with fresh snow? Mmmm...
0000-dashiell5-0000 Feb 12, 2006, 1:06pm EST
A great read accompanied as it is by the snowstorm (same as visited you, I believe) outside....
Cat Givens Feb 12, 2006, 1:22pm EST
Right now it's snowing in the sun! There'd be a rainbow if it were rain.
I'm pretty sure we got the same storm. Gorgeous.
d.m. I always eat the clean fresh snow, but never on a peppermint pattie, YET.
Carol Voigts Feb 12, 2006, 3:57pm EST
nice imagery and the repeat at the end was a nice touch. We didn't get the snow last night in northern Michigan
Cynthia C. Feb 12, 2006, 10:10pm EST
Cathy, Much better reading you then tapping in to weather.com. I'm up in Montreal this weekend, where they had no snow at all, wondering how I'll make it back to Boston on Monday.
Serina Matteson Feb 13, 2006, 11:41am EST
Cathy, thanks for the beautiful imagery. Down here in North Alabama we barely see the snow. Miraculously we did see about half an inch Saturday night. It was like a blizzard to us. HaHa. The town almost shut down.
Dawn M Feb 14, 2006, 3:06pm EST
Almost sounds a lot like the weather we were getting here in Ontario, Canada. Good witing Cathy!
Susan Reynolds Feb 18, 2006, 10:27pm EST
The imagery was just lovely Cathy.

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