Jack Ellison Poet Narrative

Polar Vortex

Never heard this expression, 'polar vortex' before this year

Wish it had never entered my vocabulary

This is a winter like none we have experienced in many many years

Bone chilling, beyond human endurance

Not civilized, whether you were born in the north or not

This is beyond that which we humans can tolerate

It's off the charts, record breaking

Spring has never been more anticipated than this year

Let's hope it's not a sign of things to come

Let's hope it's once in a a very long cycle

To be remembered as THAT year

Never to experience it again in our lifetime

Never heard the expression, 'polar vortex' before

Hope never to hear those two words again!



© Jack Ellison 2014

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Carol Eastman January 29, 2014 at 9:32 AM Meteorologists have always used the term for cold fronts that come from the North... Someone just had fun using it this year... At least until the masses decided that... it must mean a megafold SciFi Disaster is unfolding... So they were told to stop using it on the weather reports... After all, No one wants their pants scared off in THIS COLD! LOL... PS. Mike and I got together and are writting a funny SuperBowl poem with Bruce Willis as the star... It will be out soon! Jack Ellison January 29, 2014 at 1:12 PM You're scaring me, dear Carol!!! "it must mean a megafold SciFi Disaster is unfolding" Looking forward to SuperBowl poem XOXOX

Russell Sivey January 29, 2014 at 6:52 AM What, don't you just LOVE that polar vortex? lol, ha ha, yeah, like anyone would love those arctic degree temperatures! I'm like you my friend, I hope that this is an anomaly, something that will only happen once in a lifetime! I really enjoyed reading this fabulous poem this morning! What a brilliant piece, Great Work!! Jack Ellison January 29, 2014 at 8:10 AM I used to love winter... that stopped when I became a teen many many years ago! LOL What a nasty winter!!!