Written: February 03, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Charles Messina
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This clock let forth one painful scream
Bliss time shrank, as a speck of dream
Just one drop of rain ruined peace
Must hide from massive flash near trees
Charm of winter was freezing love
Smarm melted as spring leaped above
If that was love or sigh, it's slow
Stiff time—season fleeting the glow
Categories:
thaws, love, winter,
Form: Rhyme
She is the comfort
On a windy winter’s day
His frozen heart thaws
With apricity’s embrace
To greet the warmth with her kiss
Categories:
thaws, day, heart, kiss, romantic,
Form: Tanka
Ice of yesterday
Burdened by the frigid depths
Now flows under the bridge
Categories:
thaws, dream, mental health, wisdom,
Form: Haiku
Spring thaws / warms cold ground
Seed sprouts / love seeks light
Air cools / hearts feel strain
Frost comes / Fates rule night
Written on May 21, 2023
for the "Let us Rock Five - wujue Poetry Contest"
sponsored by Suzette Richards
Categories:
thaws, analogy, fate, love, weather,
Form: Jueju
as the thousand stares meet in cold eyecontact
is it my warm face that melts infinity ?
or is it the longing for embrace that lacks
the harsh reality or glaring pity
that my mirrored reflection holds
they watch me when i need them most
the ever present star that tears
the ball of fire from my chest
and leaves a gaping hole for wonder
a hollow that sets desire alight
in stippled memory it fades
a moon behind the raven mist
protecting me in silence and blind shade
before the shadows soothe and kiss
the cheek of rain swept silence
Categories:
thaws, moon, sky, star, time,
Form: Other
Drip drop, splish splat, flip flop,
tick-tock, drops like clock,
chimes click away
as ice thaws
dribble
jots
Categories:
thaws, snow,
Form: Shape
Her Heart Thaws
Ice crystals in her heart soon departed
as she met another very broken hearted
Gentle man destroyed by very dark witch
untrue to feed her gigantic greedy itch
Now bloody swords have been withdrawn
sun emerges, wind sings a sweet song
Old scars vanishing without a trace
smiles sprouting upon each happy face
Scales of justice now right old wrongs
joys spring forth in melodies and songs
Life rewards those that seek true love
with sweet blesses from the heaven above
Robert J. Lindley, 09-02-2014
Categories:
thaws, abuse, betrayal, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
snow thaws on mountains - -
goats feed their kids and munch
brightly coloured plants
For Debbie’s Spring into haiku contest
Categories:
thaws, animal,
Form: Haiku
Delicate flower, you have been growing alone for too long.
The soil round your feet was frozen by winter,
Your petals were brittle, their colour near gone.
But just like the ocean that carves through rock or softens a stone,
The hardness, a coldness, is starting to fade,
Because his warmth can change you, and make you his own.
Categories:
thaws, love, nature, romance,
Form: Rhyme