Monday Poetry: TFE's 'Santa a la Go-Carte' ("Snow and Wind")

TFE's Santa a la Go-Carte has us thinking of the Holiday season. To me, the holiday includes memories of snow and wind, family gatherings in Michigan, where, no matter how intense the weather, we always gathered at my Grandma's house to celebrate. As an adult, those memories revive with each new 'winter weather advisory' and with a lovely fire in the fireplace, all outside hostilities melt away....

photo taken with my mobile phone, Danbury, CT, December, 2009

Snow and Wind

Snow speaks silently,

caresses my heart

with memories,

tickles my soul

with anticipation,

blends with ice

to generate adrenalin

focus.

Howling wind

erases impressions

with its jealous grasp

stings my cheeks

wraps around my bones.

My body shivers

to generate adrenalin

warmth.

Fire beyond the hearth

stoked with trees 

that once shaded, once housed,

once bore sparkling icicles

now draws me into its 

crackling core

to melt adrenalin

dreams.

Jeanne I. Lakatos 2009
TFE's link:

Wintry Beauty: "Do...do...do...Looking out my back door..."

photo by Jeanne, December 6, 2009

As Mark Twain once remarked, " In Connecticut, if you don't like the weather today, wait until tomorrow." Well, as forecasted, we received our little bit of holiday snow yesterday. Today... So beautiful with the sun making its sporadic appearance throughout the day. 

Frontal Acumen

photo taken by me, Dec. 3, 2009, Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Yesterday, we had an extraordinary weather pattern here in Connecticut. As a front rapidly moved through the area, the skies filled with color, then torrential downpours, then sun and warm temperatures. Now, we're back in the freezing zone with snow predicted for Saturday. Okay, that's the weather report. What does this all mean philosophically?  

Human consciousness continually evolves, and as we move through our daily activities, nuances affect us in ways that sometimes we don't even realize until other events bring these subtle revelations into focus, providing introspection.


Frontal Acumen
Such grandeur surges
in a moment of wonder 
guiding hoping 
gusting winds envelop 
swirling reality 
shaking dreams loose  
sparking an idea 
with authority  
Jeanne I. Lakatos 2009