The Long Winter of 2014
By Janet Ruth Heller
Winter attacked us like a mugger,
battering us with frigid winds, hail,
whiteouts that closed roads
and shattered the power grid.
Snow piled fifteen feet high
obliterated mailboxes and froze solid,
blocking letters from friends,
jailing us in our homes.
The cold and storms
held us hostage for three months.
Even deer hunkered down,
unable to walk through high drifts.
Then we had a brief thaw
followed by rain
that turned into a blizzard
and axed tree limbs.
Now in late March, winter slowly frees us
from bondage. Snow begins to melt,
but the compressed crystals
resemble harpoons.
Today, the crocus blooms,
displays lavender petals
that dare winter to strike again.
Source: http://www.encorekalamazoo.com/
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