the snow drifts softly from our sky,
falling snowflakes landing near by,
softly drift into my eye,so delicate,
snowflake a single one,no other mate,
none other like you,an originate,
falling crystal of icey love,
by the millions from above,
cover our ground,without a sound,
softly whisper thru the bough,
naked trees not knowing how,
holding hushed tone,voices low,
drifting slowly as winds blow,
pile up just for fun,
hills to slide,on the run,
snow men of childrens game,
snowflake,none may tame,
given from an icey rain,
colder still,then you came,
who will ever guess your game,
falling quietly is your fame,
covered tracks of wild game,
cover roof and windowpane,
shovled off our driven walk,
softly how do you talk,
killer cold,getting old,
youngsters play,growing bold,
little falling flake of snow,
with warming sun,now you go,
untill next time,when you snow.......M.

snow whats that dont get much down here in FL.

well,in "General" there is a post from me that you can go make your own
snowflake!!!

it is called snowflakes,,,have you taken kids there yet?
great place,and fun for kids too,so easy to do,
even I made one on my first try!!!

Nice poem m..... I like it.

yep, michael did it again!!!!!!!!

awwww thanx y'all,but it's just a little snowflake...lol...M.

but I have to admit... it was fun to write!!!

Hmmm I need some flakes here, snow flakes that is lol Great write M!!

good words micky,,,keep that snow with you...lol

thanx y'all!!!

Very good one M.

thanx...as it is winter,thought it fits here to write about...

Hmmmmm nice poem Michael but right now I'm thinkin my neighbors here in
Colorado wouldn't have as much appreciation for it. They shut down DIA
around 10 this morning. By noon the Governor had called out the guard
and declared a state of emergency and did a radio broadcast telling
everyone to either stay home or if at work to GO HOME!
There was less than an inch on the ground when I went in at 7:30 am and
since I live less than 100 yards from my job I was elected to count down
the drawers and lock the place up as they sent everyone home starting
with those who lived furthest away. By noon my car was buried in a 3
foot drift with most of the lot over a foot deep so there was a lot of
work just getting people out of the lot. None of the roads are being
touched even yet and most of the interstates in a 4 state area are shut
down. We've gotten close to a foot "real snowfall" so far but the
drifting is making MAJOR piles and problems and my street is over 3 feet
deep right now! We're expecting up to a foot more by the time it ends
sometime tomorrow evening so it's only going to get worse.
I don't have a vehicle that can handle these roads especially since
they're not plowing them yet but hell, I grew up in NE Ohio on the edge
of the Lake Erie effect and snow like this is common there. These people
down on the front range are all in a panic about a little blizzard when
all they have to do is use their heads and stay in. Once it blows over
the hiway depts will start cleaning up the mess and in a couple of days
it'll be fine. Anyone in the Northern half of the country who doesn't
have at least a few days supply of food and essentials is a damned fool.

mills I find it hard to believe people in colorado not being used to
snow that's screwed up

Up near the mountains they are but here on the front range the mountains
actually screw with the jetstream and this area where Greeley is located
is called "the banana belt" they only average about 17" of snow a year!

Owens declares state of emergency; storm closes most of I-25 in state
Most of Interstate 25 between Cheyenne and the New Mexico border is
closed and Governor Bill Owens has declared a state of emergency as a
major winter storm rips across the state disrupting holiday travel and
stranding people at Denver International Airport and on interstates.
A tiny portion of the interstate from Denver to Lincoln Avenue near
Colorado Springs remains open, but chains are required, according to
Colorado Department of Transportation.
Before the blizzard hit, emergency management teams — including
emergency vehicles, humvees, snow cats, and response personnel — were
positioned throughout the state.
Owens also activated the National Guard to help the Colorado Department
of Transportation and the Colorado State Patrol aid stranded drivers.
Much of the state will remain closed Thursday and Poudre School District
has already announced schools will be closed Thursday despite opening
for much of the day today.
The city of Fort Collins has declared a snow emergency and is urging
residents not to drive.
Under the declaration, the city will plow only major arterial roads,
including College Avenue, Shields Street, Taft Hill Road, Overland
Trail, Lemay Avenue, Timberline Road, Vine Drive, Mulberry Street,
Prospect Road, Drake Road, Horsetooth Road, Harmony Road, Kechter Road
and Ziegler Road.
Vehicles parked along an emergency snow route will be towed at the
owner's expense. All emergency snow routes are marked with red, white
and blue signs that bear a snowflake.
Transfort buses have also shut down for the day, as has Dial-A-Ride
service.
The snow didn’t daunt Rob Rager, owner of American Truck Wash, who spent
most of the morning running errands around town.
Rager, who was filling his tank around noon at Schrader’s Country Store,
3809 E. Mulberry St., said he’d seen everything from dry roads, to ice
to 12-inch snow drifts.
Rager said the weather was likely to get him out of the office early,
but not out of concern for the roads.
“I’m going to leave work early and go play in the snow,” he said.
Chris Overhuls, a delivery driver for Team Petroleum, was making a drop
off at Schrader’s, 3733 E. Mulberry, around noon. Overhuls said his Ford
pickup wasn’t having any problems in the snow and, having grown up in
Alaska, neither was he.
“It’s not bad enough to be in four-wheel drive yet,” he said.
The weather hadn’t slowed business any, said Geoff Reddy, an employee at
the Schrader’s.
“It doesn’t change no matter what,” he said.
Reddy said that customers, mostly truck drivers, told him that
Interstate 25 between Fort Collins and Denver was pretty bad but not as
bad between Fort Collins and Wellington. The interstate has since been
closed from Cheyenne to Denver and Colorado Springs to the New Mexico
border.
Fort Collins and Larimer County are on accident alert — Fort Collins
through 5 p.m. Thursday — and CSP is warning people to hunker down and
stay off the roads.
State Patrol administrative offices between Loveland and Fort Collins
were closing at noon, said spokeswoman Shelly Warner.
Many local businesses, city and county offices are closes.
“The state is starting to close down and the weatherman says the brunt
of the storm isn’t even here yet,” said Shelly Warner, CSP spokeswoman.
“Major companies are calling and I’m telling them, ‘they’re sending me
home so you need to send them (employees) home,’” Warner said.
“We are asking everyone to stay put and please don’t travel right now,”
she said.
CSP is placing meals-ready-to-eat in all their patrol cars to pass out
to stranded people or to eat themselves, if necessary, Warner said.
Snow began falling as drivers headed to work this morning, though roads
were still open and clear as of 8 a.m.
Interstate 70 was closed from just east of Denver to the Kansas border
and I-25 was “getting nasty,” Warner said. At least two semi-tractor
trailer trucks slid off the road just before noon near the Mountain
Vista exit on I-25. One driver was being transported via ambulance to
Poudre Valley Hospital.
Heavy snows are predicted to fall throughout today and Thursday with
blowing and drifting conditions.
Forecasters have predicted up to 20 inches in some areas of Colorado,
though a meteorologist with Day Weather said tallies will be lower for
the Fort Collins area.
By the time the storm ends, about 12 inches of snow will likely have
fallen in the Fort Collins area, though those tallies may be as high as
15 inches in southern Larimer County, said Meteorologist Don Day with
Day Weather.
As of 11:30 a.m., about four inches had fallen in Fort Collins, and five
to six in Loveland, Day said.
Day said snow rates will peak late afternoon or early evening and
decrease by 9 or 10 p.m., with light snow falling into the morning
hours.
“Don’t be surprised if we have some areas that go well over a foot,” he
said.
The Eastern Plains already are reporting near blizzard conditions, with
Akron receiving four inches so far this morning, he said.

well that's more than we get a year usually but we do get lots of ice
most years

they get a big snow once every few years and it really rattles them.
It's almost funny to me since I grew up in weather like this. Hell I
told my boss where I come from we call 6" of snow a heavy frost :P

and to think,it all started with just one little snowflake...

thanx for the weather report Mills...M.