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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 Date: 3/15/2020 1:01:00 PM You are so gifted! Much for me to learn! Well done on your win! Login to Reply

Juliet Ligon Date: 3/7/2020 5:46:00 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. Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 3/9/2020 1:03:00 AM So flattered you made it a fav, thank you!

Jennifer Proxenos Date: 2/21/2020 12:34:00 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. Login to Reply

John Watt Date: 2/18/2020 10:55:00 PM Such a gorgeous tale of love's warming effect. Congrats on your awesome win, Michelle Login to Reply

Carolyn Devonshire Date: 2/16/2020 2:26:00 PM Beautiful, Michelle! And that third verse is WOW. Love the way passion made her heart bloom. Congrats on your top win! Login to Reply

John Gondolf Date: 2/16/2020 6:25:00 AM Sounds like he melted the heart of February ice. Nicely penned, Michelle, congrats on your win. John Login to Reply

Jenish Somadas Date: 2/16/2020 5:51:00 AM Back with congrats Michelle.. Login to Reply

Line Gauthier Date: 2/15/2020 1:06:00 PM Congrats on your win, Michelle. Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 2/15/2020 3:24:00 PM Thank you, Line

Joseph May Date: 2/15/2020 8:30:00 AM Lovely ending stanza, Congrats on your win Michelle.. Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 2/15/2020 11:07:00 AM Thank you for placing me in your contest, Joseph, I am very flattered!

M. L. Kiser Date: 2/13/2020 2:02:00 PM This is beautifully penned. Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 2/15/2020 11:06:00 AM Thank you, M.L!

Vijay Pandit Date: 2/12/2020 9:02:00 AM WOW! Superbly executed in brilliant lines. No doubt a TOP win, Michelle. Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 2/12/2020 10:50:00 AM I am so touched by your generous comment, Vijay-

Kai Michael Neumann Date: 2/12/2020 4:33:00 AM Very well written. February ice and then the thaw must come eventually. And wishes, Kai Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 2/12/2020 10:49:00 AM Your are very kind, Kai!

Jenish Somadas Date: 2/11/2020 11:48:00 PM Beautifully penned.. Great entry in the contest Michelle.. Good luck.. Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 2/12/2020 10:48:00 AM Thank you for commenting, Jenish, appreciate it-

Andrea Dietrich Date: 2/11/2020 5:34:00 PM One of the best I have seen i. This form. Wow Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 2/11/2020 9:08:00 PM That is a very humbling compliment coming from such a talented poetess :)

Eve Roper Date: 2/11/2020 4:02:00 PM A warm and loving soul can enchant the most cold February ice. Nicely done, Michelle. Good luck in the contest. Eve Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 2/11/2020 9:06:00 PM Thank you for that heart warming comment, Eve!

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 2/11/2020 3:55:00 PM A superb Quatern Michelle! It flows smoothly with excellent rhyme. I hope to see this beauty a top winner! xxoo Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 2/11/2020 8:57:00 PM I am flattered, thank you, Connie!

Rico Leffanta Date: 2/11/2020 10:34:00 AM "Good things happen to good people!" Aloha! Rico Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 2/11/2020 8:54:00 PM What a sweet compliment, thank you, Rico :)

Sandra Adams Date: 2/10/2020 7:22:00 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 Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 2/11/2020 8:53:00 PM Much appreciate it, Sandra-

Gershon Wolf Date: 2/10/2020 3:48:00 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 Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 2/10/2020 6:26:00 PM Your comments always warm my heart, my friend!

Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 2/10/2020 1:54:00 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. Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 2/10/2020 6:25:00 PM Thank you for commenting, Darlene

Jan Allison Date: 2/10/2020 12:39:00 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 Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 2/10/2020 1:40:00 PM I am touched by your kind comment, thank you, Jan!