Ice Storm: Freeverse

Death creeps on satin feet,

Shards of silent seeping.

Beautiful beyond words.

Trees balance pecariously on power lines

Waiting for the next drop of rain to fall.

And Freeze

Tumbling Spiked limbs to surprize passerby

Animal or man, no mercy.

Jagged daggers of glistening doom.

Dark streets, houses black and empty.

Bone weary, frozen sleep calls to us all.

Communities brought together or ripped asunder

by mass evacuations, or huddling together for warmth and safety.

It is so quiet.

Peaceful

Calm

Serene

Lethal

Comments: 10

JoAnne D. Jan 30, 2007, 9:21pm EST

The perils of winter harshness

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Jenny D. Jan 31, 2007, 12:32am EST

Very nice

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Connie C. Jan 31, 2007, 1:15am EST

that is a wonderful piece of writing. My emotions went up then down and up again. Great job

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Carol Roach Jan 31, 2007, 6:29am EST

wow so powerful

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vijay kumar Jan 31, 2007, 10:36am EST

Good work, Kryistina.

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Kryistina ~*~ Frugal Diva Extraordinaire ~*~ Jan 31, 2007, 6:34pm EST

Thank you all. *smile* this is my first poem on Gather. I really appreciate the feedback.

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Trine Meyer Vogsland Feb 1, 2007, 11:30am EST

Just reading it made me shudder, literally so very well done

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Faith is ready to be creative and enjoy her life! Feb 1, 2007, 6:32pm EST

my first thought after reading your poem was "haunting." Not in a spooky halloween kind of way but in an etherial, another world way. The utter blackness of the night when the only light was our headlights piercing the night. The chilling icyness of the endless first day when I wore 2 pair of long underware under everything and my coat, hat and mittens in the house and I was still cold. The grief of disappointment as I checked yet another day and there was no power at home and the longing for my life to come back to normal. Your words bring back the emotion of those turbulant days more than anything else I've read.
very well done.

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