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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Ode to a Frigid Minnesota Winter



Life is rich, though I am not
I live in Minnie, yep, that's my lot                    

It's cold as heck here in the North land
dreaming of the tropics, feet in the sand

Don't get me wrong, I treasure my life
but lodged in my nostrils is frozen ice

Scrolling TV screens; students stay home
no leaving your house or disaster you'll roam

Tired of Minnesota making the news
with wind chills below fifty; it's not a rouse

Black ice, winter blues and more...
summertime temps are what we live for...


Written for dVerse Poet's~Open Link Night





16 comments:

  1. Lots of yearnings for the beauty of spring and the warmth of summer. Winter while being severe is also leisurely lingering much to the consternation of a whole lot of people! Nicely Laura!

    Hank

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    1. Hank,
      Leisurely lingering and being a couch potatoe. Ugh!!! Stay warm.

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  2. snow in the nostrils...oh my...its bitter cold out there for sure...we got an another inch of snow last night...nothing too bad but oy has it been cold...its a crazy bit of winter we are in...lif e in the vortex....stay warm....

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    1. Brian,
      Yes, this darn polar vortex. lol. We will keep envisioning our toes in the sand.

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  3. I am so sick of this brutal winter. Cute Limerick sister friend. Glad you got out of the driveway today to get back to work.

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    1. Glad you got the other car out today twinner. Talk about 'Cabin Fever"

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  4. Anonymous29/1/14 12:56

    I agree! I'm in Iowa, and we haven't been quite as cold, but we've missed so much school. I think I've frozen a couple of layers of skin off taking care of the animals outside.

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    1. razzamadazzle,
      Lots of school days missed here too. Stay warm my friend.

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  5. oh you had a tought winter - i saw it in the news...ours is rather mild ...so far but you can never know...hope temps go up soon for you

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    1. I am happy for you that your winter is mild. Here's to temperatures rising!

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  6. Anonymous29/1/14 21:29

    but in summer you get a week of warmth :)

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  7. Hank,
    LOL. yes, atleast one week of summer. Can't wait for it though.

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  8. With such a dreadful winter, summer would be the only hope to live for. The description of cold has really come out in your words.

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  9. How complex we are, the human race, and how diverse our environments. While you freeze and sneeze your way through winter, I melt and sweat through a sub-tropical summer.

    I enjoyed the humorous tone of this.

    Peace & Blessings

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  10. I don't envy you. Even here in southeast Texas it's been an unusually cold winter. I can't even imagine living where you do.

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  11. Laura,

    You DEFINITELY have my sympathies over the weather you've been enduring! I was so thankful to enjoy a couple of days of above-freezing weather last week here in the midwest rivers' land. I love snow and don't mind cold weather too much but I worry so much about animals and the folks who are homeless and having to endure it.

    I loved your word-play with this post, by the way, and snow-fully Winter will be on his way out the door soon and Spring will be dashing in full of sunshine, showers and flowers!

    femmeflashpoint

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