Saturday December 27th, 2008

The exercise:

We had a rather eventful trip back to Vancouver today, which has resulted in this week's four line poem prompt: winter armageddon.

It's so bad out there that I had to write two.

Mine:

Winter has come, snow everywhere;
Abandon cars, cancel all flights!
Sidewalks are ice, walk if you dare;
Stay in your homes, survive the night.


Tonight the air is filled with the sound
Of tires spinning without gaining ground;
In the distance impotent car horns
Give the signal that it's time to mourn.