{"id":325,"date":"2009-02-09T22:32:19","date_gmt":"2009-02-10T03:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/mom\/2009\/02\/09\/the-iceman-cometh\/"},"modified":"2009-02-09T22:32:19","modified_gmt":"2009-02-10T03:32:19","slug":"the-iceman-cometh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/mom\/2009\/02\/09\/the-iceman-cometh\/","title":{"rendered":"The Iceman Cometh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Icicles<\/a>
\nWe have all been surviving he effects of an ice storm. cold temperatures, and a snowstorm which came almost two weeks ago. I was without power for twelve days. Luckily I got trapped at Kelley Ridge so that I could keep the woodstove going. This insured that my pipes would not freeze. Jim B., Michele, and Deb kept me supplied with wood. I was able to get out after 4 days and get a shower. Beth sent lentil soup and bread. I’ll tell more about my adventures in the days to come, but I thought this poem, and these pictures might be a good way to start.
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Bright Sun after Heavy Snow<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Jane Kenyon<\/p>\n

A ledge of ice slides from the eaves,
\npiercing the crusted drift. Astonishing
\nhow even a little violence
\neases the mind.<\/p>\n

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In this extreme state of light
\neverything seems flawed: the streaked
\npane, the forced bulbs on the sill
\nthat refuse to bloom…A wad of dust
\nrolls like a desert weed
\nover the drafty floor.
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Again I recall a neighbor’s
\nsmall affront \u00e2\u20ac\u201d it rises in my mind
\nlike the huge banks of snow along the road:
\nthe plow, passing up and down all day,
\npushes them higher and higher…
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\nThe shadow of smoke rising from the chimney
\nmoves abruptly over the yard.
\nThe clothesline rises in the wind. One
\nwooden pin is left, solitary as a finger;
\nit, too, rises and falls.
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\n“Bright Sun after Heavy Snow” by Jane Kenyon, from The Boat of Quiet Hours. \u00c2\u00a9 Graywolf Press, 1986.
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