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Cold But No Cigar

No cigar— a narrowly missed success, in this poem happily missed.

COLD BUT NO CIGAR

Rainy today, cold enough for warm pajamas.
Yellow nest of autumnal loveliness.
Picturesque before starkness fills the pane.
Incisors of another season, threatening
to pinch me with impending Winter—
not so fast, dying my hair green!

10/29/2021

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Paula Goldsmith

Date: 11/5/2021 10:56:00 AM

A fun story/write. Are you dying your hair green for the holidays or is it just a write??? Have a blessed/fun day writing away...........

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 11/6/2021 8:18:00 PM

It’s a twist on seasons of life, dear Paula!

M. L. Kiser

Date: 11/3/2021 3:11:00 PM

Now that's fun, green hair? Bringing back a little springtime?

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 11/6/2021 8:17:00 PM

Why not?!

Bj Legros Kelley

Date: 10/30/2021 3:01:00 AM

The yellow nest in autumnal loveliness, so warm and cozy. I was surprised at the end! Lol, oh, what a fun way to offset the cold of pinching winter! Green hair, and maybe at Christmastime you could wear a pretty wreath of red berries to crown your green locks. Fun poem :) <3

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/30/2021 3:37:00 AM

Thanks for adding the wreath of red berries to my green locks! What a lovely thought :)

Gershon Wolf

Date: 10/29/2021 7:38:00 AM

I'm puffing away on this one, although it sounds like I'll need a hearth full of lit cigars. lol. Have fun with your hair... Will it turn yellow/blonde as Autumn progresses? As long as it doesn't fall to the ground... I'd better leaf you alone, eh?! Smiles, Gershon (Oh! Almost forgot. You have soup mail. ~ gw)

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/29/2021 8:33:00 AM

LOL! Will check it out.