the Pale Winter

Still soft but icy is the morn
On and within my guessing lips.
The downdrifts of the night before
Ghost under mattress to my floor —
The snow's attachment, fingers torn
From without over my breath wisp —
Still soft but icy is the morn
On and within my guessing lips.




-  a little different from a regular triolet; 
   it just ended up this way, if you
   can still call it a triolet.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025


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Date: 5/23/2025 5:01:00 PM
This variation on the triolet is beautifully haunting--like winter whispering through a dream. “On and within my guessing lips” is such a delicate, aching phrase. The form may have shifted, but the atmosphere stayed perfect--soft, brittle, and quietly breathtaking.
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Date: 5/22/2025 11:41:00 PM
Looking back on this winter poem, and it is now spring, but the images you painted in your poem brought back the cold of a few months ago vividly. You wrote this so well!
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Date: 1/21/2025 4:23:00 AM
Winter morns are not nice, you’re so right icy and cold. A beautiful piece, Paige.
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Date: 1/20/2025 2:35:00 PM
Love guessing lips and this unusual pen, Love, Pangie
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Date: 1/20/2025 3:02:00 AM
- Snow and winter are icy morning and evening ... nice to look at ... but I don't like it, Paige :) - Frost's ghosts under the mattress - Great writing :) - hugs
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Date: 1/19/2025 11:15:00 PM
It's not always perfectly t Rhymed but it is still lovely and poetic
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Date: 1/19/2025 4:53:00 PM
how lyrically gentle is your post, paige...i like the way winter's rhythm floats...
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Date: 1/19/2025 9:56:00 AM
"Still soft but icy is the morn..." Great line, very poetic. You always do so well with imagery Paige
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Date: 1/19/2025 3:07:00 AM
Nice one even if isnt exactly a perfect triolet. The imagery is wonderful
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Date: 1/18/2025 11:10:00 PM
The important thing is the message and yours is beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
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