A Cold Winter's Breath

a cold winter’s breath freezing limbs in the bare woods --- bone chilled finger points
Russell Sivey NOTE: I really like this poem, one of my favorites! Submitted: 2/17/2012 CONTEST BY: Juxtaposition Haiku SPONSOR : Charles Henderson Entrant into PD's "Only #1 poems... For #1 contest winners only.." contest 3/3/2012

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Date: 9/22/2017 2:17:00 PM
Beautiful haiku. Congrats.
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Date: 3/7/2012 9:26:00 PM
Congrats on your HM in PD's contest, Russell! Love, Kim
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Date: 3/7/2012 6:29:00 AM
A belated congratulations on your win in P.D.'s contest Russell. Love, Carol
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Date: 3/6/2012 8:25:00 AM
Congratulations on your HM Russell
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Date: 3/5/2012 8:35:00 PM
I liked this the first time I read it...congrats on your win. Blessings, Rhonda
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Date: 3/5/2012 8:20:00 PM
congrats Russell on HM for a top notch entry... awesome as always luv..
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Date: 3/5/2012 9:50:00 AM
Congrats, Russ. Awesome write. Great job. Nice going, my friend. Ralph
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Date: 3/5/2012 7:36:00 AM
superb Haiku.... congrats on HM .....~sashi
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Date: 3/4/2012 7:04:00 PM
Russell .congratulations! in my contest...muched enjoyed your entry,;-) always*PD
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Date: 2/25/2012 12:59:00 PM
Amazing!! Loved this piece of haiku, simply beautiful how you wrote.. Congrats Russell on your super win in this contest!!! Nice weekend...
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Date: 2/25/2012 9:58:00 AM
Congrats on your wonderful 1st place win, Russell! Love, Kim
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Date: 2/24/2012 11:46:00 AM
wonderful and beautiful write,Russell.a good description of cold winter.....Congratulations on your well deserved win in Charles`contest...
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Date: 2/24/2012 5:27:00 AM
Congratulations on your win in Charles' Haiku contest Russell. Love, Carol
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Date: 2/24/2012 4:21:00 AM
Russell,congratulations on your 1st place win in Charle's contest.Very nice haiku.
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Date: 2/23/2012 10:53:00 PM
amazingly, a gem of a 'ku, russell... cheers to you for the top win! :) huggs!
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Date: 2/23/2012 8:44:00 PM
Hey, it goes well with my tree poem too!! LOVE IT, Russell. I can see why it won. Congratulations to you!!
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Date: 2/23/2012 7:34:00 PM
Congratulations Russell, a challenge you met!!
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Date: 2/23/2012 6:15:00 PM
congrats on your 1st place win; this is indeed a stunning haiku deserving of its placement :-)
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Date: 2/23/2012 5:32:00 PM
A hard art to master...u did it well...Congrats Russell!! Maybe you could earn a double major...wow. Gwendolen
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Date: 2/23/2012 5:23:00 PM
Congrad's on your win! Light & Love
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Date: 2/23/2012 5:12:00 PM
Thank you for being in my contest, a stellar poem you came up with, which certainly deserved it placement.
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Date: 2/22/2012 12:01:00 AM
yes i went south one winter, never again 4 me, cold feet n hands was not so grand.. stay in warm Queensland now u c
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Date: 2/19/2012 8:02:00 AM
Russell, I am no haiku expert but I think yours is outstanding, best of luck and thanks for all your comments and support
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Date: 2/19/2012 5:31:00 AM
Enjoyed reading this morn..Winner for sure..Thanks for stopping by...Someday maybe all areas of my life will be like a well cut diamond..Sara
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Date: 2/18/2012 2:51:00 PM
Nice one Russel! I think Charles will like it :)
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