Sharp crunching of ice;
Flag frozen on the mail box;
Frosted pine tree tips.








Bundled up tightly
Kids sit around the table--
Eat ice for breakfast.











On the tip of leaves
Frozen motionless tear drops
Hanging suspended.

Glistening, twisting
Ice snakes up the long driveway--
No place now for cars.

Dancing down wildly
Puppy skids on the slick ice
Still wagging its tail.








Thin branches outstretched;
Weighed down by layers of ice--
Trees seem to reach out.

Howling in the woods,
Invisible and plaintive
Animal sadness.