Fat flakes of snow
fall on my face, my lens,
disrupt focus –
each icy formation
a gentle kiss.
Oh, Winter,
you crafty old man,
winning me over
with the purity of white,
and cold, wet, caresses.
(Sarah S is hosting in the dVerse pub tonight with the prompt: touch. Photo taken today on our street.)
ah yes i feel the wet kiss and it just draws me in, lovely expression of a crafty cold man, melts my heart!
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Lol – thanks.
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I am absolutely not ready for winter, but this is a beautiful poem.
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Thanks, Terri. It’s too early this year.
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so beautiful, and this is coming from someone who hates snow haha
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I’m with you, Em. But there are moments. Thanks.
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That first, warm snowfall can be very attractive.
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“warm’ being the operative word – you are right.
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I love the winter as an old man… the wet kiss of snow.
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Thanks Björn.
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We do not get much snow here in Seattle. Occasionally, but mostly rain. We have many feet of snow in thr mountains but i miss watching the snow gently blanket the ground. Ths was wonderful poem. I could feel the invigorating chill and the kiss of the snowflakes. Thank you!
…rob from Image & Verse
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Thank you so much. I love your blog, Rob – couldn’t see a way to follow you.
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I just started following diverse and love their prompts. Your offering fits well in the theme of touch. I feel a smidge repulsed by old winter so early. Brrr.
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Me too, Susanne. Winter lingers too long here for my taste. Nice to have you here!
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Lovely feeling!
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Thank you.
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Your imagery is so good that I felt a few flakes fall on my face and melt! 🙂
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You are too sweet. Thank you.
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100% sincere comments from me…money-back guarantee 🙂
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You’ve had snow already! I’m not a huge fan of snow; it goes back to an incident in early childhood. I enjoy pictures of it and poems about it but will gladly stay indoors and look out at it whenever we get it here, which isn’t often as we live quite close to the coast. Your poem made me smile, though, V.J., especially the snowflakes on the lens disrupting focus and Winter as a crafty old man. 🙂
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Thanks Sarah. I am not a fan either, which is why we head south soon.
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You’ve caught that feeling of excitement I get from the first snowfall. I guess the magic wears off, but we don’t get much here! I love the second stanza, the personification, and the cold wet caresses – maybe only winter can do that?
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Thanks Sarah. The magic does wear off, but the pure white is gorgeous.
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Beautiful words and picture 😊
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Thanks you so much
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Oh, so true. I fear it coming, and then when it does, a sigh for all its beauty.
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It sure is! Thanks Mary.
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There is nothing quite like the soft touch of a snowflake on the cheek.
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True – it is quite the phenomena.
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beautiful words, as always. We’re expecting snow Thursday. I am not ready to give up my autumn!!!
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Autumn isn’t ready either – there are still leaves on the trees.
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Not here. We have some but most of them are gone. 😦 I’m hoping if I blink, it’ll be spring!
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Wouldn’t that be good.
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I’d make a fortune! Blink the different seasons! Sounds good to me lol
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That cold kiss, the purity of white. Dazzling it looks but I am not a fan of winter.
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I’m not either, but I have to saying getting out in today with my camera was a magical.
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I see you’re finding a joy to the presence of Old Man Winter. 🙂
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Hard not to be seduced by the first snow fall, lol.
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It does have its attractions. We have snow here also, but the cold is not conducive to my bones. 🙂
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Me neither, but I can be gracious as we are heading south soon.
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Good for you. Enjoy the warm weather in your travels. 🙂
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Thanks Olga.
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He’s old but seductive… beautifully written
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I’m old, so it works, lol. Thanks for reading and commenting.
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A lover that cannot be ignored 🙂
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Not at all, lol.
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We also had snow here today! Looks you had enough that it would require shoveling!
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It didn’t stick on the roads, thank goodness, although tomorrow could be another story.
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