The Shortest Day-Coldest Year

The shortest day of the year
Winter solstice cold icy air
Nibble at my skin 
Dec. 21st two thousand ten

It’s cold in the south
Overseas in Europe, mammoth snowfalls
Hundreds of planes grounded
And thousands of people marooned

It’s wet in the California
Heavy rains, flood lands 
Take over sundry homes, folks wading waters
Cars congested, mired traffic

In the winter chaos
A lunar eclipse spectacular
Captured the minds of countless
Won’t chance again till Dec. 10th 2011
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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December 22, 2010 at 8:20 AM
Up to the minute poem, Barbara. Well done. (Might check out 7th line for typo). Nice to read one of yours. Love, Joyce
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