Nasty winter gale approaching
Forecast broadcasting storm warning
Heavy snow, high winds, Arctic cold
Village alarms sound by morning
Life transcends to total frenzy
Salt trucks loaded, very much ready
Snow plow crews set for night’s work
Village life scrambling, unsteady
Packed grocery stores in chaos
Hurried, panic-filled shopping carts
Shelves urgently growing empty
Village pace quickens beating hearts
Students anticipate closings
Looking forward, lazy “Snow Day”
No classes, no books, no lessons
Village hunkers down, people pray
Winter storm “Tabitha” churning
Pondering, bewitching blizzard
Overnight fury passes on
Village eluding storm’s wizard
The Weather Channel has been naming winter storms in America since 2012-2013. You may have picked up the connection between the “bewitching” blizzard and the name of the storm “Tabitha.” Tabitha is one of the available winter storm names for the 2020-2021 winter. Tabitha is also the daughter of Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery) on the successful American sitcom “Bewitched” from 1964-1972.
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This poem is like a short story . Very captivating!
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Susan, thanks for noticing the correlation between poetry and short story. A few of my poems venture into more of a story telling exercise.
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very clever connection with Bewitched, one of my favorite shows growing up. and who knows if kids will still get snow days, with the availability of online learning…
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Jim, thanks for picking up the connection. We will likely have a “snow day” here on Tuesday. Some students who are doing hybrid learning, won’t be in the classroom. Of course, I can see teachers still teaching virtually.
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so I guess no days off anymore for teachers, or students, because of snow…
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Professor Jim, you picked right up on the subliminal message. In “real” time, it looks like winter will give us a day off around here come morning.
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enjoy…
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TY
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Jim, thanks for reading. I think my writing about winter weather has brought a major snowstorm to central Ohio tonight into Tuesday.
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Timely in a way
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