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Winter's Check Mate

Another branch falls
from the once glorious tree.
Can it be the ice has won?

Beneath frigid earth
the last frostbitten root curls.
Another winter trophy.

01/13/2023

wintersedoka

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Jim Slaughter

Date: 7/22/2025 10:31:00 AM

Austere and lovely at the same time. Reminds me of a terrible ice storm we had here in 2006.

Len Gasun

Date: 2/5/2023 5:30:00 AM

Brilliant write my dear friend FJ! I love the beautiful picture of winter in your excellent sedoka. Thanks for sharing. Congratulations on your win! Hugs

FJ Thomas
Date: 2/5/2023 10:08:00 PM

Thank you again Leonora. If only it were a beautiful picture. I hope you have been well.

Sara Kendrick

Date: 1/26/2023 6:23:00 AM

I wanted to drop by to say congratulations on your winning work. Way to go. Thanks for sharing. Sara

FJ Thomas
Date: 1/29/2023 4:20:00 PM

Thank you Sara. It is nice to finally be back home relaxing on PS :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/25/2023 1:22:00 PM

So creative!! Congrats on this one!

FJ Thomas
Date: 1/25/2023 7:05:00 PM

Thanks Andie. I need to get with you so I can get the names of your other forms. I didn't have the time I wanted to look thoroughly, but it didn't seem like Shadow poetry was showing as many forms as they use to. The error could very well be mine though.

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 1/25/2023 8:58:00 AM

Congratulations on your win. What a sad but true write. Ice and tress do not go together. Have a wonderful day..............

FJ Thomas
Date: 1/25/2023 7:02:00 PM

Good evening Paula, thank you.

Charles Messina

Date: 1/25/2023 5:21:00 AM

Love your take on winter, FJ. Unique! Congratulations on your placement in my contest! Lovely poem! Hugs Charlie

FJ Thomas
Date: 1/25/2023 7:02:00 PM

Thank you Charlie, and thank you for hosting a contest :)

Chris Hagy

Date: 1/15/2023 6:21:00 PM

Frigid earth indeed!...not my favorite season, but certainly a clever write :) C.H.

FJ Thomas
Date: 1/15/2023 10:15:00 PM

Nor mine Chris. Thank you for passing by :)

Susan Lawrence

Date: 1/15/2023 9:39:00 AM

FJ, So visual and emotional all at once ! I love Beneath the frigid earth the last frostbitten root curls ! Wonderful. Spring will return soon ! All the best to you , Susan :)

FJ Thomas
Date: 1/15/2023 10:14:00 PM

Hi Susan, thank you very much :)

Line Gauthier

Date: 1/15/2023 8:10:00 AM

Lovely poem, FJ ~

FJ Thomas
Date: 1/15/2023 10:13:00 PM

Thanks Line!

Vijay Pandit

Date: 1/15/2023 5:56:00 AM

Kudos, FJ, for this splendid write with winter images. I like the power of your observations.

FJ Thomas
Date: 1/15/2023 10:13:00 PM

Thanks so much Vijay :)

Jenna Logan

Date: 1/14/2023 4:59:00 PM

And I grow sad over their loss of leaves, knowing in spring they will bud again. Your impetus to write has returned full force. Love your family pictures!

FJ Thomas
Date: 1/14/2023 8:17:00 PM

Yes, the ones that survive will return in full beauty. Still waiting for my spontaneous combustion of words to return but I will take what I can get right now lol. Get better Lady ;)

Mystic Rose Rose

Date: 1/14/2023 11:18:00 AM

your words are both perceptive and revealing F, J, love this, :)

FJ Thomas
Date: 1/14/2023 4:38:00 PM

Thank you Vie. I hope you are having a pleasant evening.

Jim Slaughter

Date: 1/14/2023 10:24:00 AM

I love these, FJ. One of the saddest sights I have ever seen was a branch breaking off and falling from its tree one winter.

FJ Thomas
Date: 1/14/2023 4:36:00 PM

For me as well Jim, sadder still when the whole tree succumbs. Thank you my friend

Tom Cunningham

Date: 1/13/2023 11:23:00 PM

Mother nature is so powerful Flo, mankind will never get the better of it. Tom

FJ Thomas
Date: 1/14/2023 8:55:00 AM

Good morning Tom, we certainly aren't making things any better.

Frederic Parker

Date: 1/13/2023 5:29:00 PM

Interesting observation dear poet, yet is not the cold, the ice, the limb, the root all from the same natural energy of life that moves through all things unseen by our own blindness...your poem gave me pause for thought...thank you

FJ Thomas
Date: 1/13/2023 8:23:00 PM

Yes my friend, but the cycle of life seems to have been thrown out of rotation doesn't it... Good Evening Frederic, and thank you

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