Mt. Hunger Wind
Timeless
fierce
and constant
Bitter
biting
piercing cold
Howling
crying
and screaming
Ruthless
coldblooded
and cruel
Driving, heaping
and carving
our hilltop
world of white
Consistant companion
testing our nerve
with your bone-chilling
power and might
What doesn’t kill you
makes you stronger
with faith we continue the fight
Almighty God, give us strength
and preserve us
as we face this merciless wind
keep us all faithful and thawed out
so next year we can do it
again
February 11th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Wow! You’re a poet and now we know it!
By the way, that’s a good one.
February 11th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Hi, Scott,
Great poem! I’ll be praying that your wind eases. We get strong winds out here in Colorado, too, and they drive me nuts. I was a comedic sight, trying to hang my sheets on the clothesline today.
I just tell myself I’m thankful I’m not homesteading on the prairie when our winds get especially bad.
Blessings to you and the family! I always love stopping by your blog and reading how you all are doing.
February 22nd, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Scott, wonderful poem! Hard to fathom when we’ve got sun and 60 degree weather here in Texas! But we know about that biting, cold north wind out here in the Prairie! I’ve had to chase things that the wind is trying to blow away!
February 25th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Thank you Ladies.
Christine, it is good to see you’re still around. I was thinking about you and wondering how you were the other day. Hope you have time to blog more this year.