Walking here is a trick
When sidewalk ice is slick.
Slip, slide, don’t move feet,
Ice be gone, meet sun’s heat.
Crick, crack, save my back!
Shine sun, don’t be slack.
I forgot something, you say?
Salt! That will save the day!
Copyright 2014 Brenda Davis Harsham
39 thoughts on “Ice-Be-Gone Spell”
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I am enjoying your ‘merry’ ice be gone spell. Have you got one for rain? We’ve have had enough already.
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Hmm, I think I have a sunshine spell earlier in the posts…
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Always good to keep a variety on hand/wand.
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LOL I hope it works for you.
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I was hoping for a “wave my magic wand and make it so” kinda deal – but salt works wonders too 🙂
Enjoyed the poem. Am so over winter.
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I have a broad practical streak, and it made my son laugh. What can I say. Making my kids laugh makes me happy. 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed it. Am also really over winter, and wishing daily for spring.
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Oh, magical spell including salt, words of wisdom and the power of the Sun! Go, begone ice!!
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Robin, My son wanted it to end on, oh, yeah salt! It made him crack up, so I honored his wish. Ksbeth told me that it was too cold for salt to work in her area. It boggled my mind until I looked at my driveway, and sure enough, the salt is just sitting there on the ice doing not much, it’s too thick!! Today the sun was trying to get through, but too many low clouds were blocking it. A thaw is coming, though, I just know it. I hope you noticed that my new post, In-Between has a robin in it. 😉 Hugs, Brenda
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Hope it works. If so, there is a Nobel in it for you.
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LOL, Look for me on next year’s short list. LMAO
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Brenda, that is a cute spell, I truly hope it works out for you. Please be safe, take care. Bill
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Bill, Thanks, so far, so good. The expected 6 inches of snow was reduced to half an inch, and even that didn’t show up. Potential thaw by the weekend! Fingers crossed. Hugs, Brenda
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You’ll need some amount of salt by the looks of things. It does seem to have been a long time that you’ve had so much freezing weather. I do hate ice. It makes everything you try to do take so much longer, Even those little things …..like walking. Feeling like a toddler all over again. 😉 Love the spell. Might need to request one for here to hurry on spring. Although our conditions are nothing like yours. Hope it clears for you soon. x
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Spring is coming!! 🙂 Thanks for commenting, Anne Marie. I always like having you stop by. 🙂 Cheers, Brenda
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This piece has a great aural quality when read aloud – well done Brenda
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Thanks, March always seems a month for wishing away the ice. 🙂
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Hilarious, Salt it is. 😛
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🙂 We bought boxes this winter, thank goodness, because the stores here are all out.
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I suppose one need to stock up every winter in your part of the world.
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Some winters we use almost none. But this winter was a doozy. The kids have a whole network of interconnecting tunnels in the backyard. I expect they will remember the fun of that the rest of their lives. 🙂
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Awww… I miss that kind of snow days. That is what I call winter!
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Yes, if it weren’t for the ice, this would be the best winter ever. 🙂 For my kids.
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you’ve used the perfect words to describe this, brenda. and even salt won’t help me at the moment, it’s too cold for it to work )
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Wow. That is cold!! I will go back to hoping the sun shines enough soon!
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I can so relate to this! More snow expected tomorrow. Glad it passed you by.
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Finally got to read one of your poems, not a haiku though, but still cool.
Got to work some more in your craft(wink wink)
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Glad you like it. I sure am tired of ice. 🙂
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Very cute!
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Thanks!
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Wonderful:)
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🙂
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Hi Brenda…love the poem!! I am sending the warmest of thoughts to you…maybe it will help melt the ice!! I keep thinking winter must let go soon 🙂 Lorrie
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Thanks! My spell worked. So far the storm has missed us entirely! 🙂
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I’m saying this 3x over the driveway. .. Hope it works! 🔥
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Good, let me know! 🙂 I’m really tired of ice!
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How sweet Brenda! 🙂 Children will love this 🙂
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I hope so! Thanks for saying so. Cheers, Brenda
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Simple yet beautifully written
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Thanks, I hope it works for me. At least the feet don’t move part. LOL
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