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Saturday, December 14, 2013

Snow on the Mountain – 2 - v2

Far too cold for speedos, summer,
An early winter upon us
The sky bluish-gray, snowing
the clouds glowering down upon us, below zero;
Within the scope of its influence
Mt. Katahdin, The Mountain,
Drifting snow, blowing, calling
us to the woods, to walking in snow shoes.

The season of Santa Claus coming
footprints of the moose, the deer,
woolly-bear caterpillars in the lee of the branches,
harbingers of winter, encased in ice

An igloo in the trees, sky blue, windy,
sparkly under the icecap, needing
a dog sled, sledding deeper;
Longing for fire, the warmth of home
memories of Christmas, of family, presents,
Eating ham and football, of ice fishing,
skating on the frozen pond,
our trees with lights.

All still within, frozen silent,
our breath a cloud before us
wanting to stay indoors, warm,
when there is snow on the mountain.

Edited December 14, 2013
Snow on the Mountain – 2 - v2
December 13, 2013
Snow on the Mountain - 2
(as Lisa Timberlake copied it from the board)
presentation:
Snow on the Mountain
Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives exercise
with 8th Grade students
at Katahdin Middle High School
December 13, 2013

NOUNS:  winter, caterpillars, snow, prints, below 0, clouds, skiy, sled, Katahdin, ice, igloo, Santa, ham, snowcap, shoes, moose, trees, presents, speedos, fire

VERBS:  eating, snowing, climb, fishing, skating, drifting, sledding,

ADJECTIVE:  early, cold, bluish-gray, foot, sparkly, dog, blue, windy


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