Michelle Faulkner Poet Quatern

My Heart Was February Ice

My heart was February ice
Kneeling to barren, cursed winter
Beneath weak, broken sacrifice
White skies cracked, and springtimes splinter

Through summer's youthful, blurry run
My heart was February ice
Unmelted, I defied the sun
My cup too proud for water's price

Austere solitude must suffice
So long, I slept in my cold tomb
My heart was February ice
Until your passion gave it bloom

As polar rivers part and thin
Your brown eyes, warm as cayenne spice
Thawed my frozen flames - even when
My heart was February ice.

2/10/20

For 'Distant Refrains' contest
Sponsor: Joseph May

Shared 1st Place

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Krish Radhakrishna March 15, 2020 at 1:01 PM You are so gifted! Much for me to learn! Well done on your win!

Juliet Ligon March 7, 2020 at 5:46 PM Creative imagery. I'm a February birthday and I'd always considered it to be spring in spite of the cold. Maybe it's the hope of the upcoming. A fav. Michelle Faulkner March 9, 2020 at 1:03 AM So flattered you made it a fav, thank you!

Jennifer Proxenos February 21, 2020 at 12:34 AM An exquisite poem Michelle - passion melted a February heart of ice and thawed the frozen flames with brown eyes warm as cayenne spice - very vivid imagination making this poem an absolute fascination. Congratulations on your win Michelle, truly deserved. Blessings, Jennifer.

John Watt February 18, 2020 at 10:55 PM Such a gorgeous tale of love's warming effect. Congrats on your awesome win, Michelle

Carolyn Devonshire February 16, 2020 at 2:26 PM Beautiful, Michelle! And that third verse is WOW. Love the way passion made her heart bloom. Congrats on your top win!

John Gondolf February 16, 2020 at 6:25 AM Sounds like he melted the heart of February ice. Nicely penned, Michelle, congrats on your win. John

Jenish Somadas February 16, 2020 at 5:51 AM Back with congrats Michelle..

Line Gauthier February 15, 2020 at 1:06 PM Congrats on your win, Michelle. Michelle Faulkner February 15, 2020 at 3:24 PM Thank you, Line

Joseph May February 15, 2020 at 8:30 AM Lovely ending stanza, Congrats on your win Michelle.. Michelle Faulkner February 15, 2020 at 11:07 AM Thank you for placing me in your contest, Joseph, I am very flattered!

M. L. Kiser February 13, 2020 at 2:02 PM This is beautifully penned. Michelle Faulkner February 15, 2020 at 11:06 AM Thank you, M.L!

Vijay Pandit February 12, 2020 at 9:02 AM WOW! Superbly executed in brilliant lines. No doubt a TOP win, Michelle. Michelle Faulkner February 12, 2020 at 10:50 AM I am so touched by your generous comment, Vijay-

Kai Michael Neumann February 12, 2020 at 4:33 AM Very well written. February ice and then the thaw must come eventually. And wishes, Kai Michelle Faulkner February 12, 2020 at 10:49 AM Your are very kind, Kai!

Jenish Somadas February 11, 2020 at 11:48 PM Beautifully penned.. Great entry in the contest Michelle.. Good luck.. Michelle Faulkner February 12, 2020 at 10:48 AM Thank you for commenting, Jenish, appreciate it-

Andrea Dietrich February 11, 2020 at 5:34 PM One of the best I have seen i. This form. Wow Michelle Faulkner February 11, 2020 at 9:08 PM That is a very humbling compliment coming from such a talented poetess :)

Eve Roper February 11, 2020 at 4:02 PM A warm and loving soul can enchant the most cold February ice. Nicely done, Michelle. Good luck in the contest. Eve Michelle Faulkner February 11, 2020 at 9:06 PM Thank you for that heart warming comment, Eve!

Connie Marcum Wong February 11, 2020 at 3:55 PM A superb Quatern Michelle! It flows smoothly with excellent rhyme. I hope to see this beauty a top winner! xxoo Michelle Faulkner February 11, 2020 at 8:57 PM I am flattered, thank you, Connie!

Rico Leffanta February 11, 2020 at 10:34 AM "Good things happen to good people!" Aloha! Rico Michelle Faulkner February 11, 2020 at 8:54 PM What a sweet compliment, thank you, Rico :)

Sandra Adams February 10, 2020 at 7:22 PM this is stunning Michelle...even the coldest depths of a heart can be warmed by real love... the ending was beautiful... I think you penned a winner here :) hugs Michelle Faulkner February 11, 2020 at 8:53 PM Much appreciate it, Sandra-

Gershon Wolf February 10, 2020 at 3:48 PM Just beautiful, Michelle. That last stanza is so precious. I think that every poem you post these days is a prize-winner. Bravo! ~ Gershon Michelle Faulkner February 10, 2020 at 6:26 PM Your comments always warm my heart, my friend!

Darlene De Beaulieu February 10, 2020 at 1:54 PM Hello Michelle Faulkner, Very nicely done. You were frozen for a long time. I like the last line of your poem. have a nice day my friend. Michelle Faulkner February 10, 2020 at 6:25 PM Thank you for commenting, Darlene

Jan Allison February 10, 2020 at 12:39 PM You melted me with your words Michelle, it is quite a challenge writing this form and getting it to flow, you nailed it:-) Hugs Jan xx Michelle Faulkner February 10, 2020 at 1:40 PM I am touched by your kind comment, thank you, Jan!