Day of the Snow

It began as TV news reciting

a recipe of weather information:

talk of fronts merging  

and nothing to hold back

the pending storm

pound and wallop

were words used

to flavour the newscast

a wind-chill of -12 C

set the tone

as flurries began their march.

Then snow and wind

joined in a dynasty of turmoil

piling higher than yesteryear

cars mostly covered

after two days of flooding

crystals only silence resides

in a subdued landscape

where barely-seen neighbours

share feelings on the

magnitude of this event

and above many gasps of awe

are heard common sounds

of personal recovery-

Want to go tobogganing?