Knee deep in cold white,
wet pant legs an icy fright,
freezing rain damping hair,
slipping on ice — a scare!
Strange snow on the bench,
two mounds and a trench.
Must’ve been a wild storm,
to make this weird camel form.
So wild that my trouble is double
as I shovel, shovel, shovel.
Copyright 2017 Brenda Davis Harsham
Notes: More snow fell last night. February is making up for January’s parsimony. Meanwhile, I turn to poetry to keep me warm. Happy Poetry Friday! Thanks to Jone at Check it Out for hosting!
78 thoughts on “Knee Deep”
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Great poem, Brenda, love it!
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Thanks! I hear another nor’easter might be coming. I might be knee deep again before spring has knocked winter out of the ring.
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Yes, we seem to always get one more wintery hit.
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This made my small amount of snow “feel” like a sprinkle compared to a torrential rain, Brenda. This idea of a camel made me smile but the shoveling made me “wince” in sympathy.
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I’m truly lucky on the shoveling front, since my hubby and two teenaged boys do most of it. Although, this year, my hubby fell and hurt his shoulder on the ice. 😦
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Love, love, love this poem about snow. And I love the word parsimony. The snow camels, what if they were real?
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For you, surely the camel was real. A camel of snow, wind and faith. 🙂
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Shovel, shovel, toil and trouble
Back aches and baths bubble.
Soon, spring comes!
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I’m longing for spring. But I was glad to see a bit of the white. 🙂
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It’s been so long since I shoveled anything white and fluffy. I know you’re sick of it by now, but it’s still a pretty sight on my screen, camel humps and all.
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I am ready for Spring, and it’s only mid-February. I should move back to NC. I like the climate there much better. 🙂
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“Must’ve been a wild storm,
to make this weird camel form”: I love those verses.
It is so original that you mentioned camels in the snow… Such an interesting conjunction of climatic diversity. 😉
Great poem, Bren!… Love & best wishes! 😀 ❤
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Thanks, Aquileana! Your Artemis post is outstanding. XOXO
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Brenda, You write beautifully lady. I like this poem and also give me the strength to keep writing . I am new in WordPress and i am glad to find nice people like You.
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Thanks, Ernesto. Welcome to WP. I am happy to meet you as well. I hope you find many poetry friends among us.
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Yes of course, I am glad to meet people.
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I can’t believe all the snow people in the Northeast have been having. We have had a really mild winter. I have only shoveled three or four times and it’s been seventy several days this week. Crazy!
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Weird weather is part of living in New England. Might be 80 in a few weeks or we might get 30 inches of snow. We roll with it. 🙂
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Snow camel – ha! Thanks for sharing, Brenda, and wish I could share some of our mild temps with you today – I’ve got the front door cracked and it’s nearing 70. No camels here, but lots of squirrels.
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70, wow. It’s sunny here. That counts.
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I too, had three snow days! “slipping on ice — a scare!” is real for me, too. Several years back my chiropractor sold Yaktrax Walk and I bought a pair. I swear by them. (It makes me feel less like an old lady afraid to go outside in the winter.)
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I love Yaktrax, too! I don’t always put them on because it’s like balancing on toothpicks sometimes.
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very beautifully written
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Thanks!
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I complain about the snow…but you made a poem out of al that white stuff. Marvelous!
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Thanks, Tara.
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You got all the snow. We got none. No snow day, but no shoveling, either.
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We got three snow days out of all those storms. My kids were ecstatic. 🙂
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We have yet to see a measurable snow so seeing this picture makes me envious of all things snowy and warm and poetic!
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Warm might be the wrong word for that picture. *Laughing* 🙂 The snow is fun, though, I admit.
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Love it, Brenda! You are able to find any detail and turn it into poetry. And, a camel in the snow? A hoot! My weekend is just not complete without a check in to see what you are up to. Have a great week.
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LOL Thanks, what a kind comment to celebrate my wackiness. 🙂
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Oh, my! That’s a lot of shoveling, Brenda. I love the ending, too!
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Yay! Thanks, Kiesha.
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Brrrrrr…..I can feel that cold! Kudos to you for finding inspiration even in the most unpleasant situations (Shovelling snow! Oh no!) 🙂
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🙂 Always trying to look on the fun side of life.
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Interesting snow form on the bench. Your poem captured the feeling of ‘knee deep shoveling’ perfectly.
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Thanks!
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I love the end of that poem. Hopefully your winter will end well, too.
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I hope so! I hope we don’t get ice dams this year. I could do without having to fix walls and repainting.
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Love the camel on the bench :). Can’t say I’m jealous of your snow, but I enjoyed the poem. Happy shoveling!
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Thanks, Jama. At least our snow will be gone in a few weeks.
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Brenda, this is a delightful poem with wonderful rhyme that keeps the reader engaged. That camel hump line is a good one and fits the image so well. I have never seen animals in snow so you brought me my first. How about combining this into an image poem for my winter gallery?
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If I have time, I will. I sent you a poem for your gallery already, if my memory is right. So many projects! The kids are off next week. Woo-hoo!
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You did send me one already. If you want you can just send me this photo but I do like the poem that accompanies it.
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Haha-you drew me in. So glad I live in the south 🙂
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I lived in NC for a couple years. I didn’t miss shoveling. At all.
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I lived in Pennsylvania for a year. I hated the shoveling, especially after it iced over.
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Shoveling is awful!
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I especially like that ending!
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Thanks, Tabatha!
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I v just started a FB page ‘6elementcolors’. Would be writing on Miniature paintings of different regions of India
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Sounds fun.
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
IT HASN’T DONE MUCH MELTING OUT HER WAY! EXCELLENT POETRY AND PICTURE! SIT ON THAT METAL BENCH AND YOU MIGHT STICK TO IT! 🙂
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Not much melting. 🙂
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Same here—no temps above 30-40’s lately.
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Soon, I hope to see some crocuses. 🙂
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On those we “focuses”!
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😀
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Bad pun…I know! 🙂
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You’re in for PUNishment.
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NO…NOT THE WET NOODLE?????
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If the noodle sticks, wear it!
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OH DEAR! 🙂 Some people do that —throw them on the walls to show they are cooked. Yuck.
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I always cook it for the time it tells me on the package. LOL
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I taste-test one or two pieces to see if they are cooked through. 🙂
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Fun poem Brenda! I enjoyed this wonderful line- “Must’ve been a wild storm,
to make this weird camel form.”
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Those two lines gave me such trouble. I almost took them out. Then I had my camel brainstorm. I’ve been doing well channeling animals lately. LOL Thanks for stopping by!
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One snow like this all winter this year where I am in the Driftless Region (where tomorrow it will be 50 degrees)… but I’m ruling out nothing (including camels) in weeks to come… 🙂
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One shouldn’t rule out camels. LOL Hope you are warm and safe if camels are involved.
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Fabulous! 🌹
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Thanks, Dorna!!
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Never a dull moment during storm clean up! Kudos to you for keeping your creative eye in action and noticing the oddly formed bench snow.
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It’s like a micro-storm played out over the bench. Weird, huh? Thanks for dropping by, Molly!
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I love this. Wonderful poem. 🙂
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Thanks! 🙂
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Great shot and poem. Sounds so cold!
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It’s a bit cold finally. I was starting to think winter had forgotten to drop by. 🙂
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