Larry Bradfield Poet Sapphic stanza

Spring Blizzard

Eleven horses traipsed single file toward home
The scudding clouds threw a snowflake now and then
A Brown bear sniffed the air and looked toward his den
                the mountain emptied

The accumulation is but a handful
Shallow depth pushed against a pine tree base
But the flakes grew bigger as the skies darkened
              a whiteness emerged 

A wind from nowhere pushed the flakes sideways
The first blizzard of the year was in full blow
As inches turn to feet in no time at all
              the world disappeared 

Soon the sun arose and then the wind vanished
Silence ruled the whiteness without and within
As the blizzard had roared of its displeasure
               the universe slept


7-11-20
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Janice Canerdy July 12, 2020 at 2:55 PM Larry, this is a beautiful, vividly descriptive WINNING poem! Janice Larry Bradfield July 12, 2020 at 5:49 PM You're very kind, Janice! Thank you!

Constance La France July 11, 2020 at 10:14 PM Larry, your poem is excellent, you are a truly wonderful writer, a FAV for me _Constance Larry Bradfield July 11, 2020 at 10:38 PM What a nice thing to say, Constance. I am flattered to no end ! Thank you so much!