Hail

This random word selection is proving to be a great deal of spontaneous fun. Amusing that the spontaneity is a lure when I rarely plan a post ever at all! It must be something fundamental to my blogging experience. And my life: that has a vague plan too. Living in a temperate climate of course one can always blame the weather.



Travels down, cloud to ground:
This word from the Greek,
'A round pebble,'
Rolls through Northern climes
Into my language from the Anglo Saxon:
'Hagal:' a word to grunt
When the sky spits ice.
Descriptive truth of that guttural utterance
Plain as a cold weathered rock.



Comments

Sue McPeak said…
When the sky spits ice! Happens a lot this time of the year here in Texas and our response is...'Oh, Hell'!
Sue at CollectInTexas Gal
9 April 2014 at 11:31
Beth Lapin said…
Hail, Hail! Glad I stopped by.

Beth
http://bethlapinsatozblog.wordpress.com/
10 April 2014 at 14:16
Unknown said…
What a lovely blog post, nice to follow and connect through a to z http://aimingforapublishingdeal.blogspot.co.uk
10 April 2014 at 15:16
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