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Icicles

frozen swords clinging
icy shard-like stalactites
dripping in sunshine

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"Haiku With Nature Description"
All Poetry - February 2, 2022
written November 29, 2021

winterhaiku

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Shirley Hawkins

December 1, 2021 at 2:16 PM

Never thought of them as swords. Great Haiku

L Milton Hankins

December 1, 2021 at 4:30 PM

Oh, yes, they are very sharp and if want falls on your head it can pierce the scalp. Very dangerous!

Delice Arleen Skelly

December 1, 2021 at 3:00 AM

I like this one, very nice indeed...Delice

L Milton Hankins

December 1, 2021 at 8:26 AM

Thanks, Delice. I enjoyed writing it and glad you enjoyed it.

Caren Krutsinger

November 30, 2021 at 9:12 PM

Frozen swords - exactly write!

L Milton Hankins

November 30, 2021 at 9:52 PM

Yep, Caren. Never stand beneath an icicle!

Rico Leffanta

November 30, 2021 at 10:39 AM

Fascinating to see them dripping away, reminding us they are the one murder weapon which melts away before the cops arrive . . . . .

L Milton Hankins

November 30, 2021 at 10:57 AM

Yep. They never hold up in court. Didn't someone use one as a murder weapon in a classic murder story. I think so; can't remember. Thanks for your read and comment, Rico.

Demetrios Trifiatis

November 30, 2021 at 7:55 AM

Poetic blades, my friend, L Milton!

L Milton Hankins

November 30, 2021 at 9:23 AM

Thank you, Demetrios. It is so good to see you back!!!!

Sally Eslinger

November 29, 2021 at 11:28 PM

This set the vision and chill so completely that I was sent quickly back to my off-campus apt. in PA Allegheny Mts, where the roof over our porch was overhung with icicles measuring inches to forming ice rails of 4’ joining the gutter at roof edge to the handrail running around sides of porch. unforgettable!Love this poem and icicles.Thanks for the memory! :) xo

L Milton Hankins

November 30, 2021 at 9:26 AM

Thanks so much, Sally. I'm glad this little haiku brought back memories for you.

Kim Rodrigues

November 29, 2021 at 7:24 PM

Ooh…a great one!

Kim Rodrigues

November 30, 2021 at 6:29 AM

…and when did my husband choose to go to breakfast…right after a great ice storm. The icicles were hanging everywhere. But I didn’t marry a boring man…lol!

L Milton Hankins

November 29, 2021 at 8:08 PM

Thanks. Whatever you do, don't stand beneath one!!!!

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