there are things winter owns
besides this axial tilt
shortening days & steaming breath
it is icicle teeth grazing the edge of the roof
hungry for the heat inside
& how the moon, no longer warm
readies her blades to sketch a figure
across ice
there is physics to skating:
friction and momentum
curving Newton’s third law
into a glide
& physics in that lesson of snow
teaching lightness
in falling
this body cannot learn
until it knows
the path to clouds
& holds the key
to the storehouses
of the snow
Susan Daniels Poetry 
steaming breath, icicle teeth– your poetry really comes alive woman.
Audra, thank you. I felt the bite when I wrote this 😉
We had our first snow overnight. Woke up to an inch of it as a blanket…brrrr.
I love this Susan. The references to the axial tilt, Newton’s third law… Brilliant. 🙂
Bren, thank you!
Susan this was good.there is physics to skating:
friction and momentum
curving Newton’s third law
into a glide
& physics in that lesson of snow
This was good, though these lines were the highlight and could have a whole piece built on them.>KB
KB, rereading this, I agree. We shall have to see where the idea grows, if it does. I think it could be a jumping-off point for something else.
i especially love your second paragraph, Susan, where you make the inanimate animate. I see parabolas gliding in the ice. wonderful.
Thank you, Jane. I love where the images took you!
breathtaking …
Thank you, Susan.
Storehouses of snow, like lots. Now I’m going to hear Crosby, Clooney, Vera-Ellen,and Kaye singing ‘Snow’ all day.
Sharing the earworm. http://youtu.be/CH2KGboA35c
Thanks, Nelle. Now, I will be hearing that as I watch it drift lazily down to cover the trees outside my window. Can’t think of a better accompanying earworm.