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Bleach Braids

Snow cascading like white hair down night's cold shoulder — frost stitches, mercury descension, and mad raven streak — her woman hair must flow, the child in the mirror with pigtails one more season old — snow melts or grows old, a frigid connection, boughs sometimes — fall came and went for blossoms — and her nature has fallen for it

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Alesia Leach

Date: 5/23/2025 5:09:00 PM

This is stunning--like watching a girl become myth in a snowstorm. "Her woman hair must flow" and "the child in the mirror / one more season old" are especially haunting. It feels like winter aging us from the inside out. Stark and beautiful.

Zyrool Gifford

Date: 12/16/2024 10:33:00 AM

You have painted a beautiful picture with your words, Paige. Nicely done.

Moon Harp

Date: 12/15/2024 11:03:00 PM

Dear Paige, this well crafted poem speaks of the transitions in life that we all go through, hopefully gracefully.

JCB Brul

Date: 12/11/2024 5:50:00 PM

This is majestic Paige. I love how yiu have masterfully woven each line breaks with crisp and vivid imagery. Stay creative! ^__^ JCB

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 12/10/2024 8:21:00 AM

We all grow old. Luckily, I still have white hair. No raven streaks though :)

Hilda Greenhough

Date: 12/6/2024 7:16:00 PM

Description brings a picture of a girl with braids, and perhaps lonely, into my thoughts as a symbol of the restrictions of winter. I enjoy reading.

Ink Empress

Date: 12/5/2024 12:33:00 PM

This is so deeply moving and engaging dear paige, the way youv compared and described snow to white hair is clever and unique! You always have a very unique touch to your poems that i enjoy reading! Hope the weather is not so bad there. Sending you light always

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/5/2024 12:00:00 PM

some very striking images in here. Nice one, Paige. Wish you had more things for me to read. You are so generous with reading many of my poems but it's hard for me to find ones of yours I have not read yet!