Sidney Beck Poet Couplet

Minus Seven In Dublin

MINUS    SEVEN    IN    DUBLIN

One christmas I spent the holidays  in Ireland.
It snowed that christmas, unusual  for  them; and
Going  back to airport,  Dublin was in chaos:  you know -
Roads blocked with six inches of snow,
Cars abandoned, jams everywhere.  Uproar for days.
We were  stopped by the cops.  In panic he says,
For God’s sake get off the road, it’s seven below!
I said ok.   He left.   Then  I   continued to go
To the airport -  I  had to get home to Calgary
For mum and dad’s  silver anniversary.
Airport was open but in siege mentality
In case the “extreme”  snow caused a fatality.
All was chaos, doom, despair, worry.
Ten hours later  we landed  at  Calgary:
No panic, streets clean, police dozing, city aglow  -
With deep  snow  and  thirty-five below.

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Carolyn Devonshire January 23, 2011 at 5:26 AM Isn't it funny how the six inches of snow and -7 temperatures caused panic in Dublin, but far deeper ssnow and temperatures of -35 just seemed routing in Calgary. Got a chuckle from this one, Syd. When it snows here in the South, no one knows how to deal with it. People in the Northeastern states have far more snow and life just goes on. Very entertaining poem! Love, Carolyn

Eiken Laan January 23, 2011 at 3:51 AM Sydney, I can just laugh at this as I sit in Dublin typing. This is exactly what happened at Christmas. I live in Ireland and in Germany, Germany has thick snow also and functions perfectly. We are hopeless .. it is always a crisis....glad you got home.unusual. My daughter just went to the airport this morning, emigrating so I am very sad today. She is off to Madrid to work.