We experienced our share of dramatic winter weather in 2011, all within the mighty month of February; and not only here in Michigan, but in many parts of the USA and Canada. During the Valentine month, we faced the following weather conditions; a record blizzard which buried some regions with 20 inches of snow, a 50 degree melt down, which transformed the landscape in almost a single day and then a few days later, an unusual ice storm impacting us yet again . . . phew! It offered many amazing icy photo opportunities inspiring poetry which I love presenting to you!

Trapped in ice

won’t suffice

I yearn to be free

from its squeeze,

Suddenly, sun returns

as I watch freeze burn

off my branches

inch by inches

dribbling and dripping

my limbs no longer tipping

from the hefty grasp

of the concrete mass

letting me breathe

oxygen deep

uplifting my figure

recapturing my rapture,

Feeling the release

I regard the ease

happy again to be Me

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