Freeze
Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)
Shrieking winds
Shred all substance in the air
Icy blasts render creatures
Motionless
Shivering
Seeking cover
deep hidden shelters
safe If not warm
with distant memories
of
Spring Summer
Fall
Which live on
as dreams
Thoughts faraway
of warmth and calm serene
Perhaps accompanied
by loved ones near
Now lost in the icy grip
of winters deadly kiss
Frigid air
leaving its frosty signature
Upon the air
as snow
upon
fallen leaves
Grass
The surfaces of waters
frozen Like glass
Nothing
escapes its reach
Seeking depths
Within the core
extending
more
If long enough
to cut deep into our bones
Its snowflakes
attacking relentlessly
Tumbling end to end
Biting weary flesh fiercely
Grist in the wind
Frozen fingers
reaching around our throats
Seeking
to steal our breaths
Praying we come
no further into its realm
as it tastes
our frozen flesh
To receive
its frosty blessing
lost to the bitter cold
in surrender to
The icy kiss
of death
C2
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Written on 2019
Submitted by Charles2 on September 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A BX CB XX DCX EX XX XX XF AC AX EXG BG HX XI HI XX XJ XJ X BX HX XX XX XH XX FX D |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 1,024 |
Words | 234 |
Stanzas | 28 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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