February

Winter wears on my patience. Dim dreary days – the grey grinds and grates the spirit. Sleet slushes the street. I don’t even ask for spring. Grant me a blizzard or a biting freeze with inky skies, just something to lift the weariness that has wormed into my mind and paralyzes. 2/12/2018

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Line Gauthier

Date: 9/17/2018 1:53:00 PM

Yes - I hear you. Last winter I realized how I missed the color YELLOW - color of the sun!

Jan Allison

Date: 2/25/2018 3:25:00 PM

I think many can relate to feeling down with the dull get winter days. Love the alliteration you used to perfection agnes! Hugs Jan xx

Agnes Krampe
Date: 2/25/2018 4:13:00 PM

Thank you, Jan. Today it is finally sunny, after so much grey and rain, and I feel like the old "me" has been restored.

Viv Wigley

Date: 2/18/2018 12:57:00 AM

Amen, Agnes. I'm in a similar slough of despond, but there is a new shade of blue on the horizon early morn. I hear Spring's hoofbeats, methinks. Woo! A fine write. Viv x

Agnes Krampe
Date: 2/18/2018 7:59:00 PM

Thank you, Viv. Today was spring like here, too!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 2/15/2018 7:19:00 PM

Hey, Agnes. I don't have the time to search out an older poem of yours I have not read yet. Any suggestions? I hope to see a new one soon!!

Agnes Krampe
Date: 2/18/2018 7:59:00 PM

Thanks, Andrea. I don't know what all you have read of my old ones. I have been rather depressed lately and not been able to write - but today we got to go outside, and I managed to write a poem, which makes me very happy.

Paul Callus

Date: 2/14/2018 7:23:00 AM

Grey, grey go away, don't come back another day! This is so very expressive, Agnes, especially the last stanza. Weather such as this can really get us down. Hope you have a lovely Valentines Day to make up for it:) Regards // paul

Agnes Krampe
Date: 2/14/2018 9:25:00 AM

Thank you, Paul. Sadly, my Valentine's day will be pretty awful because I give an exam to 600 students and will spend the evening grading.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 2/13/2018 6:10:00 PM

I will take the grey over the blizzard. I HATE having to drive to work in snow. Anyway, I get what you are saying. Great poem, Agnes!

Agnes Krampe
Date: 2/13/2018 7:14:00 PM

We get sleet and ice here, that's a pain to drive in, too. But the grey makes me depressed, which is why I have not written much in the last few weeks. I need to get outside to soak up nature, so my soul feels alive, and the last weeks were just miserable.

Dale Gregory Cozart

Date: 2/13/2018 5:40:00 PM

I know exactly what you mean, Agnes. I couldn't have put it better myself.

Agnes Krampe
Date: 2/13/2018 7:13:00 PM

Thank you, Dale.

Supraja Kannan

Date: 2/13/2018 7:04:00 AM

Great description... Nicely written...

Agnes Krampe
Date: 2/13/2018 7:13:00 PM

Thanks, Supraja.

Vijay Pandit

Date: 2/13/2018 6:31:00 AM

Clever depiction of feelings in gloomy winter!

Agnes Krampe
Date: 2/13/2018 7:13:00 PM

Thanks, Vijay.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 2/13/2018 4:10:00 AM

- Thankfully .... February is the shortest month of the year, Agnes - Great written - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Agnes Krampe
Date: 2/13/2018 7:12:00 PM

Thanks, Anne-Lise. I had not thought of looking at it this way :)

Tom Cunningham

Date: 2/13/2018 1:02:00 AM

A perfect description Agnes, It can drag on with each dark day pretty much the same as the one before and something dramatic like a snowstorm would certainly break the monotony. Regards Tom

Agnes Krampe
Date: 2/13/2018 7:12:00 PM

Thanks for your visit, Tom. I am struggling with SAD, and most winters do better, but these past weeks have been tough.