Snapshot Poem 12 January 002011

Snow. Rain. Snow. Ice.
It’s cold here.
And treacherous.

I am contemplating
big words. Courage.
Compassion. Connection.

Backyard birds huddle
under the eves. Ice thickens
on the face of the pond.

Courage: from heart
Compassion: to sit with suffering
Connection: a circle of friends

The streets are a maze
of unfortunate collisions.
Wreck after frozen wreck.

A squirrel eats corn
umbrellaed
by his snowy tail.

This week's prompt was: Ask your friend alliteration to help you write a word list…

Critiques welcome.

10 responses to “Snapshot Poem 12 January 002011”

vivienne Blake

January 14, 2011

Nice string of haiku. I loved the last one the best.

pamelasayers

January 14, 2011

You have created a feeling of warmth from the coldness.
Boy do I feel like a dummy. I read this a one piece.
Then I saw Viv’s comment.

sbpoet

January 14, 2011

Don’t feel like a dummy — I wrote this as one piece. I do write a lot of haiku (or smallpoems) so that’s no doubt why this came out as it did.

Tumblewords

January 14, 2011

The imagery is vivid and energetic – cute squirrel…

twitches

January 14, 2011

I love how you define the words in the center of the poem. Very effective.

Dan Wilcox

January 14, 2011

Corn, a nice small word.

Laurie Kolp

January 15, 2011

Very clever… I can easily picture you and your surroundings. I love the maze in the street!

Jeanne Aguilar

January 15, 2011

so nice to read and I sort of feel like I’m looking over your shoulder while reading it…love the squirrel pic!

Leon’s Escapades

January 15, 2011

Squirrels are adorable. I hate it when people call em rats with a furry tale. I grew up surrounded by them and i only think of them as fairy tale creatures.
Leon

deb

January 15, 2011

feels of a whole to me. complex & studied. I love the feeding rituals of winter.

WATERMARK