Friday, August 9, 2013

August Redwork Snowman


August
August
   breathes
   hot
   tiger-breath
on my burning skin
and stalks me
   to the icy river
where I plunge right in.

August
   crouches
   on the bank
and steams
   in its own heat.
I'd like to drag it
   in with me
and freeze it
   ears to feet.
          by Sandra Olson Liatsos

Summer
When it's hot
I take my shoes off,
I take my shirt off,
I take my pants off,
I take my underwear off,
I take my whole body off,
and throw it
in the river.
         by Frank Asch

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6 comments:

  1. Continuing to enjoy your Redwork! Such cute designs. The poetry is fun, too! I'm not wild about summer, either. Much prefer sweaters, socks, jeans, and scarves!

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  2. OMG he is so cute!!! Thanks for sharing your snowmen with us. He looks like I feel!!!

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  3. i can identify with that snowman after the past few weeks in Japan. Luckily, Minnesota is a whole lot cooler. Imagine hunting up a jacket when the sun goes down!

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  4. This cute snowman reminds me of the Wicked Witch's line in the Wizard of Oz - "I'm mellltiingg!"

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  5. Perfect design to represent the condition I'm in during the entire month of August here in Texas!

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