Query any poem you want.
A Blizzard on Alpendorf
By Nick Clements
The last run of the day and we made our way
O'er the white and pow'dry snow
But a ringed delight, a welcome sight-
This caused our quest to slow
Wooded walls and lauded falls
Our lips to life this gave
Likewise the wine and pastry fine
Meanwhile outside: the grave!
None dared bemoan the yearns of home,
The thought indeed was shoo'd
And too, the time, for not sublime,
Was friendship new/renewed
How divine, in depth of wine
A masculine heart can swell
Default was smile, and all the while
The snow became a hell
It's time to go, back to the snow,
Continue on our way
And it's not far back to the bar
To drink another day
But through the door there was a gore
Or a glorious sight to see
I'll never know, so thick the snow
I couldn't see you from me
Now snow is a word I know you've heard,
But it doesn't quite fit here.
For what was around and covered the ground
Was torment mixed with fear!
We'd best be going, we said, all knowing
Another option rare.
On board and ski, we, happy, we,
Entered the winter's snare
In want of sight in the mountain's bite,
I called aloud to see
'I'm just nearby,' there came reply
Within a yard of me
Now when one's here with death so near,
One counts all their sins
The girls not kissed, the targets missed,
The losses and the wins
My home so far and my favorite bar
Seemed in another life.
My warmth, my bed, a place for my head,
so distant in this strife.
Alas, a glow! Through rude wind's blow,
Are we complete at last?
Down the slope, against all hope,
And soon a beer a-mast!
One can't help think as glasses clink,
How life is scarce and great.
Here at this table, we formed a fable
Of triumph over fate.
And that's a rhyme about a time
That turned us boys to men.
Moreso than not, I'd trade a lot,
To be on that hill again.