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17 January: Returned Home

snow, ice, hoar frost. Night view.

Winter’s Iron Maiden

A return home
to ice, sleet, and snow.
Shoes squeak,
breath folds and gasps.

How still the air.
The winter sky
presses us under its
iron maiden.

Written for Twiglets “Returned Home”.

Misky

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11 responses to “17 January: Returned Home”

  1. Ron. avatar
    Ron.

    Fresh snowfall overnight up here in Vermont, too. No serious accumulation (until tomorrow, anyway).

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      I suspect you see more than we do.

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  2. Jules avatar
    Jules

    We haven’t had a deep snow, just some flakes here (last year).
    When I think of Iron Maiden… I think of that horrid torture device.
    Hopefully you can thaw a bit and settle in to ‘Home’.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      I’m sure looking forward to spring!

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      1. Jules avatar
        Jules

        Each day… just a tad more sunlight. 🙂

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        1. Misky avatar
          Misky

          ☀️

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  3. Arcadia (@MissArcadia) avatar
    Arcadia (@MissArcadia)

    No snow here, so far this season, but I can feel that winter cold from here inside my home. Nicely done.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Thanks, Arcadia. Lovely name, by the way.

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  4. The Sicilian Storyteller avatar
    The Sicilian Storyteller

    It’s been dreadfully cold here but no snow. There’s too much winter ahead to think we are free and clear but one can hope. My old bones do not like the cold.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Nor mine. I was a bit gimpy this morning, but okay after I started moving around.

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      1. The Sicilian Storyteller avatar
        The Sicilian Storyteller

        I can relate. We’re babysitting again so no choice but to move around and around and around!

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