We who with songs beguile your pilgrimage / And swear that Beauty lives though lilies die, / We Poets of the proud old lineage / Who sing to find your hearts, we know not why ... (James Elroy Flecker)

15.7.18

Winter Light














Winter Light

 Its brightness
these mornings
promises warmth.

Venture out
and that sun  
proves ice-cold.

As when we
meet – your smile
glittering.


Written for Fussy Little Forms: Tricube at 'imaginary garden with real toads'.

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11 comments:

  1. Anonymous15 July 2018 at 09:27

    oh, how deceptive Rosemary - but well done! simple how striking the form works here - can feel the "ice" of the morning - all that glitters is not ... errr.. warm?
    lovely word play!

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  2. Kerry O'Connor15 July 2018 at 15:47

    Wow! I did not expect that conclusion. Very cleverly done.

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  3. Sanaa Rizvi15 July 2018 at 19:12

    Beautifully profound! 💜

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  4. Kim M. Russell15 July 2018 at 21:21

    Your tricube is just gorgeous, Rosemary! I love the way it begins with a statement, then invokes the reader to 'venture' into an ice-cold sun - great oxymoron! - and ends with a glittering smile - frost is implied positively.

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  5. annell415 July 2018 at 21:46

    How unexpected!

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  6. Marian16 July 2018 at 00:16

    Aw. Perfect! Bright and cooollllddd and glittery, love it.

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  7. Dr. Vandana Sharma16 July 2018 at 01:25

    Nature is always amazing and we should all relish and take care of it.

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  8. hyperCRYPTICal16 July 2018 at 02:12

    So clever Rosemary, so well done. Love!
    Anna :o]

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  9. Susie Clevenger16 July 2018 at 09:39

    Oh a sunny day winks with promise but never reveals its temperature until we freeze or burn.. Like your take on the prompt.

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  10. Unknown16 July 2018 at 23:14

    Clever!

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  11. purplepeninportland.com17 July 2018 at 09:57

    I love that glittering smile, Rosemary.

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