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North Carolina in January

Record breaking below zero temperature.

By Denise E LindquistPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
North Carolina in January
Photo by Cody Dueitt on Unsplash

Good food and art

nothing tart,

no icy roads,

no toads,

no sign of them

not anywhere!

What a fix, it's mayhem,

everywhere!

Roads closed,

are we hosed!

~

Are we hosed?

Roads closed

everywhere!

What a fix it's mayhem.

Not! Anywhere?

No sign of them.

No toads.

No Icy roads.

Nothing tart.

Good food and art!

~~~~

Note: The Biltmore, built by the Vanderbilts is in the photo above. It is located in Asheville, North Carolina.

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About the Creator

Denise E Lindquist

I am married with 7 children, 28 grands, and 13 great-grandchildren. I am a culture consultant part-time. I write A Poem a Day in February for 8 years now. I wrote 4 - 50,000 word stories in NaNoWriMo. I write on Vocal/Medium daily.

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  • Novel Allen2 years ago

    What a lovely building, it caught my eyes. Never been to NC, but I hope to, great ode to NC in inverse. No toads is great.

  • Oh wow, you executed this Inverse poem so brilliantly! I loved it!

  • Kimmiekins42 years ago

    I love this

  • Babs Iverson2 years ago

    Awesome!!! Love it, Denise!!!

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