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.
Originally posted February, 2021.
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Beautiful poem and so much like this winter we deep freeze and snow pile high.
Blessings to you this new week
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Eileen, I agree with your perspective about the relevance of this poem from five years ago. It definitely finds an appropriate place with the winter that have experienced in the U.S. during the past month or so.
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Beautiful and thoughtful reflections on the storms of this winter. Your verses carry a sense of calm in the midst of the storm. Thank you.
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Suzette, thank you for adding your response to this poem. While it was written five years ago, it certainly seems like it was written just days ago.
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You are most welcome. Blessings to you.
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nice segway into the sitcom 🙂
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Kev, I appreciate that you picked up on the connection of the poem with the sitcom.
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The imagery in your poem to describe the storm and its domino effect is very well written. 🙂
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Nancy, thank you for reading and sharing how the imagery brought out the meaning of the poem. God’s grace and peace be with you.
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“Bewitching” is a good term for some of these storms!
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Jacqui, you are so right. We are looking forward to more February-like weather.
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