The dark gray clouds
rolled ominously
over the forested hills,
completely enveloping them
in gloom.
The small sliver
of blue sky
that remained
hid and shivered in the cold.
Frost struck windows
and roofs
with its expanding
white crystals.
The last of fall’s leaves
curled tight
to keep themselves warm.
Winter arrived with a sneer.
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This is a Flash Fiction Friday 55.
Or come back on Sunday to try my Sunday 160.
If you can fill a text message, you can do this.
If you can fill a text message, you can do this.
29 comments:
A chilly 55 ~ and perfect as I sit wrapped in my coat and scarf ~ inside the house!
I'm up:
Friday Flash 55 ~ Sobering 55
You made winter sound as uncaring and menacing as it feels. Yikes! This is fantastic.
Keep yourself warm Monkey Man!
:-)
Susan
I like that. I feel chilly now. I need a fire.
Flash 55 - Love
A chilly 55. Cold but I enjoyed it :-)
nicely done. we are supposed to get snow on saturday! i hope so! great 55, winter is here!
mine is up!
I loved the image of the leaves curled tight against the cold.
Well done. It is cold in LA today too.
much love
That's winter all right. Very well put.
What happened to Autumn? Is it winter already? We almost hit 80 today...winter is a foreign season down here! Thanks for sharing yours! Makes me want hot chocolate and a fire :o)
Yeah Winter......
Not my favorite time of year...
But it DID make for an Excellent 55 MM.
Thanks for this chilling tale.
Have a Kick Ass Week-End.
At least the Beavers will be somewhere warm.
"winter arrived with a sneer." Precious. Great flash poem.
Very cool! Literally!!
I loved your lines about the leaves curling up to keep warm. The whole poem inspired me to be more artistic in my writing. Really wonderful piece. And by the way, what you wrote about my 55 was SO CLEVER!! Your comment was better than my 55!
Living in South Florida I never see the scene you describe. I love your 55 because it reminds me of the winters of my youth.
PG
You are awesome at this K, I have missed so much in this time of chaos. But I am loving what I am seeing.
Well done my friend.
Soft love,
T
Very good to see you posting again. I've missed your posts.
I'm freezing. 19 and 49? I need a warm place to spend the winters.
Wow! Loved that last line. Beautiful photo of hoarfrost, too. I assume you took it? Are those the little helicopter seed pods?
Winter has indeed "arrived with a sneer."
Good 55.... and very true. :)
Great writing, but is that a picture of a snow mustache?
Nice post I like the poem Thanks For stopping bye and leaving your comment. I'll see you Sunday.
You make this look so easy when I know darn well it's not. Lovely, simply lovely!
You are such a poet, not a monkey man at all!
Thanks for YOUR comment!
Very chilling 55 my friend. I love it. :) Have a great weekend :)
excellent! if can feel the chill!
The feel of frost was felt powerfully in these words. Good one.
Beautifully done! That's exactly how I envision winter's arrival... slowly enveloping us with its frosty touch and not caring in the least how we are affected by it. (Yes, living in Canada has made me a little bitter towards it.) Wonderful 55!
As we say around here in our false German accent: Vunderbar! Glad I got a heater in the sunroom office tonight.
P.S. My Sunday 160 is up as of midnight tonight.
The leaves should in the next few thousand years evolve into a migratory pattern.
Really great imagery! Nicely done in 55 words
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