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Bleak

Stiff winds blow Men pull their collars tight A hard, chlll drizzle, knife-sharp razors, piercing makeshift armor Against a drab background Smoke-gray clouds sweep the sky without making it brighter

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019




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Date: 11/22/2019 7:01:00 AM
Terrific imagery. It is going to be a bleak one today!
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Date: 11/21/2019 7:33:00 PM
you definitely described bleak....ready for spring yet? i surely am....i am tired of having so many layers on that i can't move freely and winter hasn't really let loose yet... good write my friend... hugs :)
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Date: 11/21/2019 2:25:00 PM
Your poem describes the title perfectly, Gershon! Well done!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/21/2019 4:37:00 PM
Or, using the associative law of poetry (LOL), the title describes the poem. ~ Ether way Wolf
Date: 11/21/2019 2:08:00 PM
Sounds like winter in Chicago to me. Brrr...it is 80 here today, but not trying to rub it in, just for informational purposes. : )
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/21/2019 4:36:00 PM
Well, it was 53 n Chicago today...Of course, it'll be 28 tonight. 80, eh? Hmmmmmmmm. :) gw
Date: 11/21/2019 1:53:00 PM
Oh, I am in Michigan and Chicago now, feeling the wind bounce off the water!
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Date: 11/21/2019 1:49:00 PM
now that is dark and miserable imagery..
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/21/2019 4:33:00 PM
Dark, miserable and --- lovely! Thanks, Silent! Smiles, Gershon

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