Snow Jobs Poems

She's thirty-three, single,
her Mom babysits her
five year old son.
She reassures herself it's
just two more hours,
then it's the blessed weekend.
Which means delicious sleep.
She has no nest...

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On a wintry day 
The snow fell several hours 
Shoveling wasn't easy
 
I stayed toasty warm 
I paid two kids to shovel 
And... I gave...

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Flames are now ashes 
Stars earn their passes 
On a second round
Enjoying the mountainous town 
Being at their peak 
Everyone listening to the words they...

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A SCRAPING OF SHOVELS--

A duel of occupations;
Farming or construction;
2 metal clad tools of uncovering';
Clang N clang, touch rub N bang;
Scape-scape,  dig-dig on dirt, sand,...

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I zip swiftly along on my snow machine,
admist a white blanket with spots of green,
my trapline runs along this stretch,
Alaskan cold makes smoke of breath.

The...

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We lived about a hundred miles Northwest of Chicago                ...

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Living amid the blurred lines of my reflections
Stark cold fears snow me blanket my resolve
Nestled my leafless core begging for rebirth

Patches of life clumped to...

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Sun and traffic - day economy.
Six a.m. drive to plywood mill. Too tired
to be angry. Each day a step
toward death. What is being accomplished? The
small...

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At the window, palms under my chin,
such beauty I see, out the frosted pane,
I was mesmerized, it showed in my grin,
so picture perfect, the snow...

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Trouble goin' down the road
The life I'm draggin' is a heavy load
As one more sleepless night's bestowed
I swear my soon will explode
   I...

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