Snow Car Poems

The windshield was covered in ice
And warming it wouldn’t suffice,
So my husband and I,
With the scrapers, did try
To remove it, attacking it twice.

With the engine...

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I am now up and half asleep, 
quiet I must not make a peep, 
others are still sleeping like sheep, 
need to get dressed and...

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This time of the year again

She has gone shopping for gifts to give the young
she would not take me along, knows I would be grumpy
and...

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Bleeding from the head
I pushed the chair 
In front of the door
Until I didn’t hear you no more
Banging and yelling
I wished you’d leave
Rubbing my tummy
Sick...

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silver birch 
.. lining road
…. ghost trees
…. snow teeth
.. mighty throat
eerie lurch

gaping mouth
.. swallow cars
… white lines
… road signs
.. battle scars
deadly route
 
winding neck 
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The Lord is my driver
I will not crash.
He buckles me the front seat of my road car.
He drives me on back roads,
He maintains my vehicle....

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sleeping in my car in the snow
subzero temperature with frozen snot and drool
so dark in the weary silver car that it feels like life is...

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It was December Christmas eve, and it was snowing outside
Kids were making snowmen and some boys had made a slide 
Our eight year old daughter...

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sand on the bridges
       snowplows are clearing the roads
          ...

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Worry, worry, worry
    rush hour's snow flurry

  Blurry, blurry, blurry
    windshield's already slurry

  Hurry, hurry, hurry
 ...

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We were off,                      ...

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She’s certain to be reminded when she returns for a visit
what an awful child she was to raise
the kid who brought home report cards of...

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The visit was over and off to my car
It was out in the snow, but not too far.
Cleared the windows and what did I see
Was...

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January has pocketed frosted dreams
Firmly tucked away, hidden under her black ice
Her treacherous blizzards torment the foolhardy
Many driving too fast on her hills should know...

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My eyes open to the feeling of the warm sunshine glow 
The bed feels so good that getting up will be slow
Peering through my bedroom...

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