A phrase often used in this temperate climate whenever the usual mild winter surprises , is "uncommon cold tonight"
Image at steveslimm.com
Uncommon Cold
Paradng in pock-marked sky,
starry cold
feels it's way
closer
as black night enfolds
all small things
with shivering
frigidity.
Merciless bite chills the air,
as stratified
trails
of starlit darts,
like solar
fireflies,
shed filigree threads
which infuse
infinity.
Pity the tiny unprepared
feather and fur
huddling
close in
cornered remoteness,
spare
a thought
for throbbing life,
caught alive
in frozen
jeopardy.
Winter-white fingers
rime the ground,
cracked ice
creaks
as fresh freeze
repairs it,
and we fear
tonight's
uncommon cold
will kill,
relentlessly.
Bob Blackwell
You made me shiver, you brought back memories of cold winter nights, I remember the beauty but mostly the cold. Brilliant poetry Fay.
You made me shiver, you brought back memories of cold winter nights, I remember the beauty but mostly the cold. Brilliant poetry Fay.
Carl Harris
Few poets can express such wonderful imagery as well as you do, Fay, even if it is in a poem far from the warmth of love, but expressing the unusual chill of our surprising winter so far. And you did this beautifully, as you always do in your poetry. Carl.
Few poets can express such wonderful imagery as well as you do, Fay, even if it is in a poem far from the warmth of love, but expressing the unusual chill of our surprising winter so far. And you did this beautifully, as you always do in your poetry. Carl.
Sandra Martyres
Marvellous imagery depicting the unusually cold spell.. nice write Fay
Marvellous imagery depicting the unusually cold spell.. nice write Fay
You have described a cold winters night so well here Fay, beautiful