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Prickly Snow With Horns Rips Through Towns, Brings Cold Snap

it came
fast & furious
flitting, frantic
freezing flying
flaxen fluff
flimflam fog
firefly flurries
fingers frosty
faerie dust

© selma
The Sonnet

The well-nigh noon sun, brimful on my back
vies for regard against dark, blue-gray sky
wind tousles my hair, cartwheels on the walk
lilts golden leaves, whispers to them a rhyme

flaming on sidewalk, gold & reds necks crane
rising to the blue-- high they levitate
in their cavalcade, gusts of prickly rain
soon dispeople streets, beg them not be late

swiftly as they rose, leaves come tumbling down
gray sky turns azure, dazzling orange sun.
Surfing mountain peaks-- Papagayo clown?
Or Chinook winds with mercurial horn?

flowing through stern-wild then turning mental--
oriental clime. Is it coincidental?


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It’s cold in Japan

  • Cold snap brings disruption across Japan as heavy snow continues
     KYODO NEWS – 21 hours ago
  • Snowfall causes transportation chaos across much of Japan
    THE ASAHI SHIMBUN – January 25, 2023, at 16:00 JST
  • Heavy snow continues across much of Japan as cold snap maintains grip
    The Japan Times

I wish you warmth, my lovelies, and miracles.

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This Post Has 17 Comments

  1. Sadje

    The weather has been unusually cold in many places this year. Stay warm my friend

  2. Smitha V

    Wow,Selma. Both poems are unique. I especially loved the second one. You’ve described the unsettling effects of the weather in clear,beautiful words.

  3. Ingrid

    I believe your wish has been granted 🪄 ❄️ 😊

  4. memadtwo

    Wonderful playfulness. I love the word flimflam. (K)

  5. rajkkhoja

    Wonderful stay warm my friend , Selma
    So lovely write up poem. So interested words written in. I like.
    So cold weather. Beautiful foggy picture. I like.

  6. Ellie Thompson

    Both lovely poems, Selma. I like the ‘flaxen fluff’ line – it conjures up images of bits of frozen fluffy cotton wool blowing in the wind, although I appreciate that’s a bit of an odd thing to say. I could just see that image in my mind for some reason.

    With the weather conditions you have there, I hope you are keeping safe and warm, my friend. Hugs Xx 🌷❄💕

  7. Conny

    Beautiful sonnet, Selma ❤️

  8. Laura Bloomsbury

    fabulous “flimflam fog” – I saw the snowfall videos on YT – your sonnet is a joy to read. Love ‘dispeople’

  9. Layla Todd

    The opening lines pulled me right into this lovely piece, Selma! I so love the pulling imagery. <3

    1. Selma Martin

      The wind was furious, but only that one day. All has settled, at least in my area. Thanks #3 and more blessings to you. i wish you miracles. xo

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