tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post1892694174712316214..comments2024-03-29T07:35:27.262-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Monday Poetry Stretch - SnowTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-22980131553416669732013-01-30T08:19:58.459-05:002013-01-30T08:19:58.459-05:00I wrote this last January
Weather Deniers
How ca...I wrote this last January<br /><br />Weather Deniers<br /><br />How can you deny the change<br />when January has become<br />the very Florida of the year?<br />Thermometers perspire, <br />inspire walkers, who stride <br />across missing snowbanks,<br />arms bare. <br /> Are you unaware<br />that this is no ordinary thaw?<br />There’s a flaw in your thinking.<br />Mud and bud before March.<br /janeyolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396863710083180775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-37031541127172218462013-01-29T19:48:58.171-05:002013-01-29T19:48:58.171-05:00Looking at it now, wish I'd switched swirling ...Looking at it now, wish I'd switched swirling and twirling.CarolWeishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070606276175218670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-61827832956383579102013-01-29T17:45:10.497-05:002013-01-29T17:45:10.497-05:00I like the cinquain, Charles!I like the cinquain, Charles!Julie Krantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08882810450575183271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-11475492529699793902013-01-29T16:55:25.701-05:002013-01-29T16:55:25.701-05:00I couldn't figure out which one to use so I...I couldn't figure out which one to use so I'm posting all three. Is there a favorite any of you?<br /><br />One is Free Verse<br />Two is Cinquain<br />Three is Haiku.<br /><br /><br /><br />SNOWFLAKE<br /><br />Six liquid stands<br />Unified in brotherhood<br />Drift down to visit.<br />Their short life <br />Disintegrates <br />in my palm,<br />Goodbye friend. <br /><br />SNOWFLAKE #2<Charles Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336052424127127605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-2235108145580001562013-01-29T16:05:26.848-05:002013-01-29T16:05:26.848-05:00FLAKES FLUTTER
Flakes
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f...FLAKES FLUTTER<br /><br />Flakes <br /> flut<br /> ter<br />from downy sky<br />tiny <br /> dancers<br /> pirouetting<br />in layers of<br />glistening<br /> snow <br /> white <br /> tulle<br /> twisting<br /> swirling<br /> dip<br /> ping<br /> twirling<br />before <br /> whispering <br />their <br /> CarolWeishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070606276175218670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-60710412650965791082013-01-29T12:11:45.488-05:002013-01-29T12:11:45.488-05:00damp woodlands in thaw;
apple cinnamon pancakes
du...damp woodlands in thaw;<br />apple cinnamon pancakes<br />dusted with sugarAndromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-57545050820594132562013-01-29T08:43:52.833-05:002013-01-29T08:43:52.833-05:00Snow
Snow blows brightly
down the still street
in...Snow<br /><br />Snow blows brightly<br />down the still street<br />in the dark.<br /><br />Snow touches whitely<br />bare branches<br />with black bark.<br /><br />Snow glows slightly<br />in the backyard<br />at dawn.<br /><br />Snow falls lightly<br />but lays heavy<br />on the lawn.<br /><br />--Kate Coombs, 2013<br />all rights reservedKateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-69206185696554546442013-01-28T11:33:13.130-05:002013-01-28T11:33:13.130-05:00Snowflakes
When snowflakes fall—
so soft,
so whit...Snowflakes<br /><br />When snowflakes fall—<br />so soft,<br />so white—<br />I cup my hands<br />like bowls<br />of rice<br />to catch<br />these lacy <br />stars<br />of ice.<br />But when the sky—<br />so cold,<br />so bright—<br />turns out its <br />snowy<br />winter light,<br />I climb<br />in bed<br />to dream<br />all night.<br /><br />(c) jgk, 2006Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-69739923795986553822013-01-28T10:05:48.951-05:002013-01-28T10:05:48.951-05:00Snowflakes
When snowflakes fall—
so soft,
so whit...Snowflakes<br /><br />When snowflakes fall—<br />so soft,<br />so white—<br />I cup my hands<br />like bowls<br />of rice<br />to catch<br />these lacy <br />stars<br />of ice.<br />But when the sky—<br />so cold,<br />so bright—<br />turns out its <br />snowy<br />winter light,<br />I climb<br />in bed<br />to dream<br />all night.<br /><br />(c) jgk, 2006Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com