Written for: Poets and Storytellers United (posted by Rommy) Weekly Scribblings #50: Down In My Bones "I’d like us all to think about how we might finish this sentence, “Down in my bones, I feel _”. If you’d rather tackle this from a different angle, you also have the option to write about bones in general. It also isn't necessary to use the exact phrasing." A chill fills me down in my bones. I fear and feel I will never be warm again. Icy fingers and toes will thaw out some time in June, when a warm breeze comes calling, and I can hear the birds sing. https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/
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I hate winter too!
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Right now we have just finished over two feet of snow with all ice underneath it, and impossible to shovel. Boo!
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So true! 🙂
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Mostly it gets WET in Pac NW winter…so we get “prune-y” or raisin-y 🙂 🙂 I was especially moved by the final lines…”birds sing”.
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Thanks, Jael. I remember WET. Lived in Portland for 8 years.
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Oh that’s right, I forgot you had lived in my area 🙂
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Cold is not for the old !!
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That should be a poster!
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I love this ~ ten months plus into this horrific pandemic I will suffer the discomfort of cold, snow, biting winds ~~ ready for June and a healing planet. Lest you believe me to be a martyr, I assure you winter chills me to the bone as well. Happy Holidays to you and yours.
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Thanks, Helen. Hope your holidays make you smile.
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L*O*N*G time from December ’til June! In my world the birds begin to sing in March, and I will stay snug inside til then. May you find a warm corner and a good book, and may time pass in a pleasant blur!!
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Sounds perfect!
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My bones and I are right there with you, especially after today. I went out to play in the snow, to hike a bit… and although that was fun, my feet are still freezing!
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P.S. I’m so sorry. I just realized that I’ve been misspelling your first name for ages, writing “Sarah” instead of “Sara”. How mortifying!
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I have relatives I’ve known my whole life who spell it wrong. No big deal.
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Gets harder and harder to warm up!
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I am ready for Spring and Summer (I liked your alliteration, “I fear and feel”), seems we left the countrify for at least a month of the last several years. We were down into the 30’s last week but not quite frost. Last year we did not have a freeze.
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Thanks, Jim. 20’s today!
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Winter has its charms but I love summer and the warmth it brings, lovely poem.
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Thanks, Nithya!
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