a chill ...
not on skin - to marrow
if but for the frigid air
a horrid pattern would trace my cheek
though not nearly as horrid
as the one that faces me upon the glass
it is quite beautiful in shape
hemmed with
frost crystals like Guipure Lace
the letters formed perfectly ...
I wonder, am I the first?
did you practice scribing it flawlessly
backward just for me,
or is this your common “out”?
oh, if I was yet a plastic figure -
how divine!
no heart to rend
no trembling hands to hide
just a fake little man stuck in a snow globe
dreamy flakes falling like lashes
with just a simple shake …
plastic man with a
happy castle and cresh behind
oh, if only ...
then this callous word
you've scratched
that drips and freezes into
beauty on the window between us
would be naught but
Christmas fun
instead ...
of a farewell.
Categories:
guipure, analogy, break up, goodbye,
Form: Free verse
Ivory leaf
Cathedral
Bridal
French Chantily lace
Guipure
Paisley floral
Venetian border
Embroidered lace
Korean style
Blush pink
Rose pink
Magenta
Bright blue lace
With their own flavor and style
Categories:
guipure, fashion,
Form: Free verse
A chill ...
Not on skin - to marrow
If but for the frigid air
A horrid pattern would trace my cheek
Though not nearly as horrid
As the one that faces me upon the glass
It is quite beautiful in shape
Hemmed with frost crystals, like Guipure Lace
The letters formed perfectly ...
I wonder, am I the first?
Did you practice scribing it flawlessly backward just for me
Or is this your common out?
Oh, if I was yet a plastic figure, how divine!
No heart to rend, no trembling hands to hide
Just a fake little man ... stuck in a snow globe
Dreamy flakes falling like lashes
With just a simple shake
Plastic man with a happy castle and cresh behind
If only ... then this callous word you've traced
That drips and freezes into beauty
On the window between us
Would be naught
But Christmas fun
Instead of ...
Farewell.
~ 3rd Place ~ in the "Stuck In A Christmas Globe" Poetry Contest, Bobby May, Judge & Sponsor.
Categories:
guipure, analogy, christmas,
Form: Free verse
The light chiffon veneers of winter's face
Slow-deliquesce as rangy shadows wane
Soft gossamer as whitened Guipure lace
Melts running to the rills ... with April's rain.
~ 1st Place ~ in the "Quat-Ro Your Four Line" Poetry Cpntest, Brian Strand, Judge & Sponsor.
~ 2nd Place ~ in the "April 2019 Premier 7, Up To A Max Of 5 Lines" Poetry Contest, Brian Strand, Judge & Sponsor.
* This is a "Rithimus Divisa", taken from the poem "The Surge, Life", written on March 17, 2019 *
Categories:
guipure, appreciation, nature, spring,
Form: Rhyme
the light chiffon veneers of winter's face
slow-deliquesce as rangy shadows wane
soft gossamer as whitened Guipure lace
melts running to the rills with April's rain
a dulcet strain of spring tide on the wing
each songbird chants a serenade to woo
the passions that a warmer air can bring
and nature's resurrection thru-and-thru
a world of monochrome now comes alive
so blossoming with promise and with life
the world of bursting color now to thrive
all water, land and air with movement rife
now mystery and romance start their call
for spring is summer's harbinger ... of all.
~ 5th Place ~ in the "April 2019 Premiere 6, Up To A Max Of 14 Lines" Poetry Contest, Brian Strand, Judge & Sponsor.
~ 1st Place ~ in the "Spring Sonnet" Poetry Contest, John Hamilton, Judge & Sponsor.
~ 4th Place ~ in the "Spring Is In The Air" Poetry Contest, Emile Pinet, Judge & Sponsor.
Categories:
guipure, appreciation, beauty, environment, life,
Form: Sonnet