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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

July 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM

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

Len Gasun

February 5, 2023 at 5:30 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

February 5, 2023 at 10:08 PM

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

Sara Kendrick

January 26, 2023 at 6:23 AM

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

FJ Thomas

January 29, 2023 at 4:20 PM

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

Andrea Dietrich

January 25, 2023 at 1:22 PM

So creative!! Congrats on this one!

FJ Thomas

January 25, 2023 at 7:05 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

January 25, 2023 at 8:58 AM

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

FJ Thomas

January 25, 2023 at 7:02 PM

Good evening Paula, thank you.

Charles Messina

January 25, 2023 at 5:21 AM

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

FJ Thomas

January 25, 2023 at 7:02 PM

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

Chris Hagy

January 15, 2023 at 6:21 PM

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

FJ Thomas

January 15, 2023 at 10:15 PM

Nor mine Chris. Thank you for passing by :)

Susan Lawrence

January 15, 2023 at 9:39 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

January 15, 2023 at 10:14 PM

Hi Susan, thank you very much :)

Line Gauthier

January 15, 2023 at 8:10 AM

Lovely poem, FJ ~

FJ Thomas

January 15, 2023 at 10:13 PM

Thanks Line!

Vijay Pandit

January 15, 2023 at 5:56 AM

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

FJ Thomas

January 15, 2023 at 10:13 PM

Thanks so much Vijay :)

Jenna Logan

January 14, 2023 at 4:59 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

January 14, 2023 at 8:17 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

January 14, 2023 at 11:18 AM

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

FJ Thomas

January 14, 2023 at 4:38 PM

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

Jim Slaughter

January 14, 2023 at 10:24 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

January 14, 2023 at 4:36 PM

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

Tom Cunningham

January 13, 2023 at 11:23 PM

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

FJ Thomas

January 14, 2023 at 8:55 AM

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

Frederic Parker

January 13, 2023 at 5:29 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

January 13, 2023 at 8:23 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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