The Snowflake Chronicles

January Facebook Status Update Poems

January Facebook Status Update Poems

Sunday, January 4, 2015
Jamal (Beauty), 5 Sharaf (Honor), 171 BE

After morning's cold
This afternoon chill is nice:
Spring, Spring where art thou!

Monday, January 5, 2015
Kamal (Perfection), 6 Sharaf (Honor), 171 BE

I paused,
faced the point of adoration,
and intoned my noonday prayer.

I sit down,
listened to the neighbor's music
vibrating the walls
and Metro's helicopter
flying low
over my neighborhood.

Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Fiḍal (Grace), 7 Sharaf (Honor), 171 BE

On a cold Tuesday
Las Vegas wakes up yawning
I snuggle under blankets.

Wednesday, January 7, 2015
'Idal (Justice), 8 Sharaf (Honor), 171 BE

After a long day
I watch the sunset behind
mountains that want spring.

Thursday, January 8, 2015
Istijlal (Majesty), 9 Sharaf (Honor), 171 BE

I turned off the heat
and opened the front door
to hear the birds sing
of joy of spring
on this late winter day.

Friday, January 9, 2015
Istiqlal (Independence), 10 Sharaf (Honor), 171 BE

I don't feel like myself today.
I don't know who I feel like,
maybe it's the weather
or I'm just tired of winter.

I don't feel like myself today.
I feel as if I'm walking
through waist deep snow;
trying to get to the top of a hill
that seems to be turning
into a mountain.

Saturday, January 10, 2015
Jalal (Glory), 11 Sharaf (Honor), 171 BE

Sometimes
I get the feeling
that I'm overlooking
something,
but I don't know what.

Sometimes
I get the feeling
that I standing
on the edge of a cliff
and if I step off
the updraft
will carry me to the stars.

Sunday, January 11, 2015
Jamal (Beauty), 12 Sharaf (Honor), 171 BE

A rainy Sunday
with the asphalt glistening
under cloudy sky.

Monday, January 12, 2015
Kamal (Perfection), 13 Sharaf (Honor), 171 BE

I had a cat once
that liked pink salmon;
when he heard the can opener
he would come running to the kitchen
hoping I was opening
a can of pink salmon.

Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Fiḍal (Grace), 14 Sharaf (Honor), 171 BE

Two more days.
Two more antibiotic tablets.
The instructions read
stay out of direct sunlight
which should be easy
since this is late winter
and there is no such thing
as direct sunlight
this time of year.

Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Idal (Justice), 15 Sharaf (Honor), 171 BE

A long day of cooking
chicken leg quarters done
and in the freezer.

Salad, vegetable soup,
and salmon on Thursday.

Thursday, January 15, 2015
Istijlal (Majesty), 16 Sharaf (Honor), 171 BE

Worry is a tide
that ebbs and flows
across the mind's coral reef.

Friday, January 16, 2015
Istiqlal (Independence), 17 Sharaf (Honor), 171 BE

Friday afternoon
I do not have a balloon
I have to stay home.

I don't know where that came from,
it just popped into my head
and I had to write it down.

Saturday, January 17, 2015
Jalal (Glory), 18 Sharaf (Honor), 171 BE

1

Saturday!
Stiff neck,
coffee stronger then normal,
morning limps into focus,
meanwhile
my intuition overpowers logic.

2
Make the choice to trust
or your faith in God is dust
don't let your soul rust
intone prayer
to the Creator
every morning.
noon,
and evening
to feed your soul each day.

Sunday, January 18, 2015
Jamal (Beauty), 19 Sharaf (Honor), 171 BE

1

Sunday
silence settled
into my meditative mind
after I intoned
the short
obligatory prayer.

2

Sometimes I wait
for my cellphone to sing
and sometimes
I give a friend a ring.

Sometimes
I leave a long message
on the voice mail
and sometimes I just say
"Call me!"

Monday, January 19, 2015
Kamal (Perfection), 1 Sulṭán (Sovereignty), 171 BE

Monday
late rising
after a late,
but productive night.

Breakfast
chicken salad
on brown rice and
sweet potato Triscuit,
with cups of hot
strong coffee.

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Fiḍal (Grace), 2 Sulṭán (Sovereignty), 171 BE

Cloudy afternoon
a damp chill is in the air
spring is coming soon

Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Idal (Justice), 3 Sulṭán (Sovereignty), 171 BE

Weariness sets in
my eyes stare into space,
my muse wonders what to write
nothing comes to mind.

Thursday, January 22, 2015
Istijlal (Majesty), 4 Sulṭán (Sovereignty), 171 BE

Thursday
late rising
coffee brewing
contemplating breakfast

Friday, January 23, 2015
Istiqlal (Independence), 5 Sulṭán (Sovereignty), 171 BE

Friday breakfast
toaster waffles with fresh blackberries
and freshly brewed coffee.

I wait for the mail
and contemplate my lunch:
Do I want to fix
squash, onions, and parsnips
with my ground turkey patty?

Saturday, January 24, 2015
Jalal (Glory), 6 Sulṭán (Sovereignty), 171 BE

Evening shadows
grow long
night arrives
on silent wings.

Sunday, January 25, 2015
Jamal (Beauty), 7 Sulṭán (Sovereignty), 171 BE

Sunday
a two coffee carafe day;
I have one box of clothes packed
to give away.

I do not need clothes
that do not fit
or that I have not worn
in a year or two.

The clothes I have left
will fit in my closet
or in my t-shirt storage contain
that goes under my desk.

I now have room
to hang up
any new clothes
that are given to me.

Monday, January 26, 2015
Kamal (Perfection), 8 Sulṭán (Sovereignty), 171 BE

A partly cloudy afternoon
the birds are singing
spring melodies
ignoring the slightly
chilly breeze.

Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Fiḍal (Grace), 9 Sulṭán (Sovereignty), 171 BE

The U.S. Postal Service customer service agent (the postal delivery person)
just drove off. It is time for me to finish my lunch, change clothes, and go to Smith's Food & Drug store to get my eye drop prescription and purchase some vegetables and eggs.

The food chopper I ordered last year finally came. I now have something to use when I chop vegetables for omelets and stew.

Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Idal (Justice), 10 Sulṭán (Sovereignty), 171 BE

Wednesday
the sun sinks in the west
another day draws to an end
as I contemplate my solitude
and smile.

Thursday, January 29, 2015
Istijlal (Majesty), 11 Sulṭán (Sovereignty), 171 BE

1

Cloudy afternoon
a dreary Thankful Thursday:
does it promise rain?

2

A cup of hot tea
a silent prayer whisper
by a grateful heart.

Friday, January 30, 2015
Istiqlal (Independence), 12 Sulṭán (Sovereignty), 171 BE

A cold rain falling
wind chill penetrates my bones
three layers of clothes

Saturday, January 31, 2015
Jalal (Glory), 13 Sulṭán (Sovereignty), 171 BE

Confused Saturday
with a partly cloudy sky:
This is Las Vegas!