blue gloves,
with grey and white stripes,
shape
perfect projectiles of
frozen white crystal.
zip!
zam!
pow!
smug smiles
melt
into wailing screams,
as a shovel
full of snow
slips
passed his knit scarf
burning
its way underneath
his warm layers.
mom!
throwing snow is
so much fun
until you take
a hit yourself;
gossip.
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Zip. Zam. Pow. Oh, so true.
ronda, smiles. technicall a 55, did not want you to feel alone on Tuesday. smiles.
Happy Holidays, Brian! And the best to you and your family.
You are really so good! I love the way you write!
Gossip, huh? Throw me another zinger. I love them.
So true. I hope you duck the zingers. :)
There have been a few shovel fulls of snow thrown between mt and The Lad today. Have a wonderful Christmas - my very best wishes to both you and your family.
How fun! I've never gotten a chance to play in the snow. Well, I've been once, there's a picture as proof, but I don't remember it.
Wow, that was a zinger ending! (so true, btw!)
Reminds me of my brother and his friends tormenting my sisters and I with hard-as-a-rock snowballs. Us girls did things that required no pain, like making snow angel's.
It's nice to read writing that sparks a good/bad memory. :) :( Have a happy holiday!
Now it feels like I have snow melting down the inside of my jacket. Probably because we were out doing the same thing until about 20 mins ago.
Good stuff!
Nothing worse than getting snow inside your clothes! The first time that I ever went skiing, I wore blue jeans. Bad idea!
snow forts and snowball fights...those were the days. Me and Toby built a snowman on Saturday...it had yellow spots.
...especially when there's a stone in it
Oh yeah it's always fun to get the other person!
Oh yes.. very, very true! ha!
This weekend at Dick's sports we actually saw an item for sale that will shape then fling your snowballs like a Jai ali (sp) stick...or whatever those thower things are in that sport.
My kids love to throw them but they don't like to get hit by them!
Hope you and yours have a wonderful and happy Christmas!
Smiles!
happy Solstice, Brian. i remember when i was at university, all the classes were canceled due to a blizzard coming down and i'd offered to give a few friends a ride home with me and my boyfriend. and we started a snowball fight as we got close to the car and i unwittingly threw a snowball with the car keys. it took us about 40 minutes to find them in the snow. i was. such a dork, really. always doing stuff like that. lucille ball reincarnate. happy hollydays!
Happy Holidays and enjoy the snow! We had quite a bit of snow fun up here in Philly all weekend. I hope it lasts for a while.
Jealous. I've never been in a snowball fight. It doesn't snow where I live.
Now, mud fights are a different story.
This is precisely why I hate snowball fights.
Nothing like a good snow washing! :) I have had plenty of them with growing up with brothers and hanging out with boys. :) I have always been pretty good at paying back though! :)
Makes me conjure images of my kids as teenagers the first time they encountered snow when we moved from Tampa to Minneapolis!
Ha ha. So true!
"mom!"
I heard that, and it made me smile, because I remember doing that too. That certain Mom call that all kids have. So precious.
Happy holidays to you and yours.
It is the season. Enjoy!
)))))))))WHAP!((((((((
How'd that snowball feel in the back of your head?! :) hee hee hee
LOVE the poem.
Wow, for us, we have no snow. So the kids and I wrote our own Aussie Jingle Bells. Pertaining to the sea, surf, BBQ's and hot Sun :)
Isn't that the truth. It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye... :)
"until you take a hit yourself"- haha, love it. Wish we got some snow here in the GA!
Zim
Zam
Love words with Z's...
until you take a hit yourself...
Oh yeah.
Hope you have a wonderful holiday full of love, laughter, and snowballs.
hahaha so true so true. yikes that icy feeling sliding down underneath the warm layers. I admit, I can't take that well either.
try hit me!!!
That's true indeed!Have a nice day Brian!;)
I could feel that snow melting all down the back!! LOL!!
Merry Christmas
Hugs
SueAnn
I remember this, the joy of snow when we were children. We could play in it for hours. Now I would freeze in an instant.;) But throwing snowballs can be fun even now.
Enjoy it!
Zuzana
aaah yes, the privilege of being a child, heee hee heeee
If you live where there is snow, you might as well enjoy it!
Nice, ..., very nice. A different post altogether without the last word.
I'm shivering, that cold snow down your back , brrrrrr lol good one Brian :)
BRILLIANT!
Gotta grow extra eyes when in a snowball fight.
Snow ball fights are just like water fights - it's all fun until the ammo is returned...LOL!
agreed, lol. I always loved snowball fights. til one got me in the face.
So true....that burning feeling on a freezing cold day can turn a bright mood a bit GRUMPY!
SO GLAD you got your snow. We have not had enough to really play in...hoping for Christmas!
The zip, zam, pow reminds me of OLD BATMAN episode fight scenes!! ;)
I hope the snowball is made with that loose powder that explodes like a firecracker when it hits its target...no icy ones allowed!
(smiles)
Happy Holidays to you, your wife and those darling boys, Brian!
Oh how that snow burned when it touched your skin! As kids we learned very early how to duck in a hurry!
very cute.. lol.
How is your mom????????????
What was that about the first lessons being hardest - and the most painful?
zip!
zam!
pow!
reminds me of the original Batman shows! lol
this is full of fun -- and i'm sure you had a bunch of it!
happy holidays, and warm smiles to you and your family,
Flinging gossip like a snowball...until it comes back and bites us in the a**! It sounds like you are enjoying the snow. What a fun holiday to remember!
Got it in one... sorry a few words.
Merry Christmas, Brian, to you and your lovely family.
I love to throw snow balls. Gossip, not so much.
Ha ha! Gotcha!
Heh, heh...it's the sneak attack I like to launch...and I fathom you're all done digging out? Happy holidays to you and yours, Brian :)
There's nothing quite so cold as snow down the back of your neck. Good one.
I remember those days! Sweet poem, Brian!
My best wishes to you, your lovely wife and your family for a very Merry and Blessed Christmas!
Kat
Where you in my memories? That is so how I remember it being when my sister and I would rush out for the annual (daily) snowball fight. Build the forts, through the snowballs, then it became shovel fulls of snow. And if I remember correctly ended in me yelling "MOOOOOM!!!" Next came a break for hot chocolate to warm up, clothes in the dryer and then back at it again for an instant replay. Thanks for triggering that memory!
That was a great blog. Very creative! Excellent job my friend.
Yeah, I have no desire to have my face slammed by snow of any kind. OUCH. But the joy on the kids faces, just wonderful!
A delightful poem and so very true! It's easier to dish it out than it is to take it. I love the use of the words, 'zip,' 'zam,' and 'pow;' so powerful and they really added to the poem. I also liked how you ended the poem with gossip. Just thrown in there like a snowball. Very well done.
Great writing. Hope you have a very Happy Christmas.
Kate xx
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We've been dealing with the flying snow for some time now.
These things make me angry. I hate being hit with snow, paintballs and airsoft pellets, but the appeal of inflicting that same kind of torture on a friend continues to draw me into it! Great post!
My kids love to throw snowballs but start screaming and crying when they get hit. Good thing they have my husband for a target.
Oh, this brought back some beautiful memories to me!
I loved snowball fights with my siblings!
what a nice way to end my night!
Thanks Brian and good night!
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