Weather For Brass Monkeys

By skinner_jennifer

Thu, 01 Mar 2018
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1st March 2018

 

Temperature

fit for snowmen,

as bitter rawness envelopes

my every muscle clenching tight,

 

anticipating

storm Emma...she'll

come with vengeance,

bringing with her snow and ice.

 

Attention

caught between

my love of writing

with finger-less gloves,

 

gazing

out of window at

feeding birds who have

no idea what the fuss is about,

 

while

avoiding the

inevitable housework,

which I keep putting off for another day.

 

Simply

find a distraction,

a procedure attracting warmth;

picture sun its intensity caressing my spirit,

 

Imagining

heat of Indian Summer

becoming hotter...basking in each ray,

till full moon reflects light of sun at end of day.

 

 

 

 

 

Certificate U
Poem
Poems
Opinion
Autobiography

Comments

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Are you where the red warning is Jenny? Take care - hope things aren't too bad.

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

I'm not too sure about the red warning insert, but with no heating or hot water and not able to get a plumber out till Friday afternoon it's going to be a very cold night. But I'm going to keep smiling and wrap up warm.

Thank you for your comment.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

oh god you poor thing!!! It isn't the pipe from your boiler is it? Because there are easy fixes for that all over facebook today

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Not sure again insert,

my partners gone to work so I'm on my own and the weather's getting worse so I don't want to start touching anything. It could be as you said, but I'd rather leave it up to the professionals.

I'm not on facebook or twitter, so haven't seen the fixes.

Thanks for coming back to me.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

well I hope it gets fixed soon - take care xxx

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Thanks again insert.

Jenny. xxx

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Sorry to hear the correspondence about your heating, Jenny. On reading 'bitter rawness envelopes' I was imagining you meant venturing out as I did this morning. We haven't much snow settled, but snow stinging in the wind, and blowing up from the ground. And I was remembering that at one time we had an emergency calor gas heater, which we don't have now.

I do hope you get it sorted soon, or have someone you can visit if the house gets too cold. Could a neighbour heat some kettles, make some hot water bottles? Rhiannon

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi Rhiannon,

thank you for your concern. We do have electric so I'm able to heat up water. You know I opened the fridge this morning and it was warmer in there than in the house.

My partner came home  early last night...thank goodness! Having got as far as Hungerford on his way to Reading delivery, before he had to turn back which I was so grateful for. Knowing he was safe at home rather than driving put my mind at rest.

I just got dressed to go to bed last night, even wore my thick wooly hat...smile. smiley

All I hope now is that the plumber will come out this afternoon, otherwise it will be a whole weekend like this which I don't even want to consider.

Thanks again for reading and showing your concern which is much appreciated.

Jenny in cold Swindon. wink

 

Submitted by airyfairy on

Thinking of you, Jenny, and hoping you get it fixed soon.  Forget the housework, it'll still be there next week!  

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi there airyfairy,

agree with you about the housework. The plumber arrived and I'm hoping he can fix our down pipe which is outside, it's frozen up and he's had to get some new parts. The snow is coming down thick and heavy now. I'm so grateful to the plumber for coming out, but feel so sorry for him outside in thick snow.

Just put some food out for birds, but I've got a feeling the new snow is going to cover it over. Luckily the wind has died down some what.

So much is going on, I feel kind of helpless like I should be busy, but haven't got a clue what I should be doing. I think the cold is affecting my brain. I'm sure we should be hibernating in this weather, the creatures definitely have the right idea.

Sorry I'm rambling.

Thank you for reading and your thoughts.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by airyfairy on

I do hope he gets it fixed for you, Jenny.  I'm sure the cold does affect our mental processes - just slip into sleepy bear mode until it passes!

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Thanks airyfairy, Heating and hot water now on. Hooray! yes

Just got to hope it stays on over the weekend.

By the way like the idea of sleepy bear mode.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

So pleased to hear it's all back working again now!

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Thanks insert.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Denzella on

Hello Jenny,

Good poem shame about the subject matter. When I still lived with my Mum we used to put more clothes on when we went to bed than during the day when we were active.  Like most people, we only had a fire in the evening in the living room so I know how you must have felt.

Moya x

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

We were the same Moya, back in the early 1960s we never had central heating, just one coal fire in the front room. I'm glad we're not like that now, coping with absolute freezing temperatures is a lot easier when you're younger don't you think? I must admit that once the heating was back on, it felt really cosy indoors.

I hope all is well with you and appreciate you stopping by to read and share your thoughts.

Thanks so much.

Jenny. x

 

Submitted by Denzella on

Hello Jenny,

Just re-read this and in the conversation about heating I didn't comment much on the poem but I really like it.  It is so you. To my mind, you have a unique poetry voice.

Moya x

 

 

Submitted by Denzella on

Hello Jenny,

Just re-read this and in the conversation about heating I didn't comment much on the poem but I really like it.  It is so you. To my mind, you have a unique poetry voice.

Moya x

 

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

What a lovely comment Moya. Poetry doesn't come easy but abc tales has taught me a lot. I've never thought about having a voice in writing so thank you for your very kind words.

Jenny. x smiley