Agnes Krampe Poet Free verse

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 September 17, 2018 at 1:53 PM Yes - I hear you. Last winter I realized how I missed the color YELLOW - color of the sun!

Jan Allison February 25, 2018 at 3:25 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 February 25, 2018 at 4:13 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 February 18, 2018 at 12:57 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 February 18, 2018 at 7:59 PM Thank you, Viv. Today was spring like here, too!

Andrea Dietrich February 15, 2018 at 7:19 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 February 18, 2018 at 7:59 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 February 14, 2018 at 7:23 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 February 14, 2018 at 9:25 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 February 13, 2018 at 6:10 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 February 13, 2018 at 7:14 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 February 13, 2018 at 5:40 PM I know exactly what you mean, Agnes. I couldn't have put it better myself. Agnes Krampe February 13, 2018 at 7:13 PM Thank you, Dale.

Supraja Kannan February 13, 2018 at 7:04 AM Great description... Nicely written... Agnes Krampe February 13, 2018 at 7:13 PM Thanks, Supraja.

Vijay Pandit February 13, 2018 at 6:31 AM Clever depiction of feelings in gloomy winter! Agnes Krampe February 13, 2018 at 7:13 PM Thanks, Vijay.

Anne-Lise Andresen February 13, 2018 at 4:10 AM - Thankfully .... February is the shortest month of the year, Agnes - Great written - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Agnes Krampe February 13, 2018 at 7:12 PM Thanks, Anne-Lise. I had not thought of looking at it this way :)

Tom Cunningham February 13, 2018 at 1:02 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 February 13, 2018 at 7:12 PM Thanks for your visit, Tom. I am struggling with SAD, and most winters do better, but these past weeks have been tough.