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# Freak
- URL: https://dianaludwick.com/freak/
- Published: 2026-03-12T23:49:04.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:10:52.000Z
- Description: “Freak,” a note on winter's last snow, written March 12, poem 071 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo, "Mid-day Winterland" by Diana Ludwick (c) 2026.
- Author: Diana Ludwick
- Tags: 2026 Poetry Challenge, Poems, Uncategorized, Earnest, March, Nature, Snow, Weather, Winter, #Migrated-1792872215677, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-24 20:03

It's March twelfth and  
yesterday it was mid-80s.  
  
Today had other plans.  
I drove to my meeting  
through slushy grey rain  
and came home to snow.  
  
Mother Nature has pulled  
a fast one on us all.  
  
Back indoors, I opted  
to steal a quiet moment  
and absorb this freak storm,  
this last bit of winter.  
  
I watched as big clumps   
of velvet flakes cascaded  
onto verdant spruce limbs,  
tucking into spring with a chill.  
  
I stare out my windows steeped  
in a private snow globe moment.  
I know this fuzzy white blanket  
will be gone by dinner.  
  
And by six,  
it feels a dream,  
the forest once again  
moist and green.