A Bit Of Grit

Elbow grease with a bit of grit
And determination to just do it
Preparation is always key
In completing a job successfully

Peppered For Ice

Salted steps are peppered for ice
Job's well done, presentation's nice

Hibernating Heroism

Hard Hatted Hydrant Hibernating in Heroism Haunted by Helplessness

Squaring The Past

Clearing the attic
Casting away
Lightening the load
Making the way
Deciding the keepers
Packing them well
Donating the rest
Declining to sell
Spurring memories
Processing once more
Smiling at many
Ignoring the bores
Healing some hurts
Ridding bad ballast
Gearing the future
Squaring the past

Such A Mess

Fire has a most caustic caress
Responders rising above the stress
Tragedy's legacy, such a mess
Lives left living with much less 
Offered help met with "God bless"

Creative Destruction

The Encyclopedia Brittanica
A construct now replaced
Manually captured knowledge
Paper bound with a leather face

Numbered volumes in aggregate
Scoring what humans have raced
Evolution trumps the status quo
Now physical delivery is effaced

To the internet's unbridled rise
Brittanica's bust can be traced
Creative destruction embodied by
The name WikipediA in boldface

Problematic Puddles

Puddles Prove Problematic to Pedestrians In Particular

Ripe For Picking

Processed food
Ripe for picking
Meticulously made
Absolutely addicting

Ceiling Of Our Room

The solar glow from the ceiling of our room has met its match with winter's gloom

Where's The Empathy?

Crammed in the train 
Passengers complaining
Snow playing havoc
With commuter training
It's easy to gripe
With schedules cut
Patience a virtue?
Anything but
Where's the empathy?
They're trying their best
The women and men
Wearing railroad vests

Get Up-town

Must go down to get up-town

Degrees Of Declination

Differing Degrees of Declination are Dependent on one's Location