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Winter's White Wedding

She descends from a summit vestibule on powder fine as cotton down this day of days in porcelain chiffon and tulle. The winter firs in frost echo the way her snowflake peau de soie in frozen jewel cascades like waterfalls of ice. Tears weigh the same as beaded pearls and just as cool; they glisten in her bodice. The light plays from a ghost sun inside them as in pools of diamonds. She glides in mist-white sleigh down slopes of eider, the cold glitter fools even the nearest celebrant and strays from hearts of men for she's just as cruel as flood or famine on Winter's first day.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 7/3/2017 8:54:00 PM
Beautiful sonnet, Dale ... and a very tender story. Well-done!
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Date: 7/1/2017 1:21:00 AM
I would take cruelty for a beauty like that. Quite a creative writing, Dale.
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Date: 6/29/2017 7:58:00 PM
Really like this Dale...well done
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Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 6/30/2017 9:00:00 AM
Thanks very much, Tim!
Date: 6/29/2017 5:42:00 PM
It's a beauty, Dale! :)
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Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 6/29/2017 5:57:00 PM
Thanks, Daniel. I think I actually prefer my earlier attempt, but I'll keep plugging away.
Date: 6/29/2017 4:55:00 PM
An amazing poem Dale. Very creative lines. A shocking ending too.
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Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 6/29/2017 4:58:00 PM
Thanks, Heidi. I'm still finding my way with sonnets.
Date: 6/29/2017 4:34:00 PM
It's a great day, for a white winter wedding. Sorry, I couldn't hold my Billy Idol back. :) This, even with all of the white and shimmering aspect, feels very dark to me. At first I imagined absolute beauty coming down that hill but at the end I was shivering. This was really cool my friend.
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Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 6/29/2017 4:41:00 PM
I LOVE BILLY IDOL and especially that song! I'm surprised I didn't catch that. I'm still finding my way with the sonnet form, but I wanted something more than just to describe a metaphorical wedding. I started it ten days ago or so, but got stuck and had to leave it for awhile. Anyway, it's good practice.

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