Ribbon Candy

Rivulets of ice hung greedily
to the barren, brown, basalt,
like ribbon-candy in a baby’s hand.
The sweet, wet, drool oozed from Mother Earth,
like a frozen curtain draping the mist scattered day,
hiding the promise of spring.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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Richards Avatar
December 22, 2008 at 1:15 PM
I love the comparison...and I haven't thought of ribbon candy in a long while...but yet.it is a lot like the icing on Mother earth! ~Well done!~Love, Carrie
Gorelick Avatar
December 22, 2008 at 12:26 PM
Wow, I love this, such beautiful use of words..BG
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