ICE STORM

ICE STORM


THE WIND GODS BLEW
AS IF COOLING A BOWL OF SOUP

ICE APPEARED ON TREE AND LAKE

BREAKING SOME TREES
CONGEALING THE LAKE

A CRYSTAL PARADISE
AWESOME TO SEE
HARD TO BE OUT IN

ALL THE ANIMALS WERE HUNKERED DOWN

EXCEPT A BRACE OF MOURNING DOVES
WHO CAME TO THE FEEDER GROUND
LOOKING FOR CAST OFF SEEDS

I WANTED TO SAY SEEK SHELTER
BUT THEY KNEW BETTER THAN I
THAT HARDSHIP
SHOULDN’T KEEP ONE FROM LIVING

THAT WEATHER
SHOULDN’T DEFEAT YOU

THAT HOPE IN SPRING
IS NECESSARY TO SURVIVE

IF THAT IS LOST
THEN THE ENEMY WINS

THE WIND BLOWS
THE HEART CONGEALS
AND DIES


FRANK A VOLLMER