Northern Stillness

[Russnature]

Well north of the bustling city
before the crackle of nights winter fires
hard hats, black backs and frozen fingers
shiver smoothly in time with their iron picks
sharp strikes upon the icy earth,
shattering the frozen northern stillness.

I like this. I dont normally like non rhyming poem but i was too busy reading to notice. Great use of language without getting carried away. Also the short length makes it concise and non intimidating. A+. Especially like shiver/sharp/shattering. *like