She trembles
underneath layers of her silk shawl
and woolen cardigan
of unsuccessful camouflage,
being with this man,
who, instead of warming her,
escapes her accumulated heat of courage
within microseconds.
She grasps
sunlight from motherhood,
warming life's winter-monsoons.
A contest entry
- Prompt Contest 12 entries 40 or less words by mysticstorm.
600 points, ended January 13, 12 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Very well done and well deserved shiny
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Thank you so much.
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Beautifully crafted, and again you tell a whole story in just a few lines. You give us space to let our imagainations work. Lovely!
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Thank you so much for your wonderful comments.
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Oh My Word~
This one Powerful piece Beautiful and sad to inhale the images but such a reality in Life -
You brought forth an Excellent verse based on the prompt
Bravo!
Love the line: heat of courage
Just Love it!!
Congratulations on Your Trophy win!
-Throws confetti-
Woooooooooo Hoooooooooooo
Thank You for sharing Your Heart and Voice~
Many blessings to You in all You do Sweet One
Best wishes too
with much love & light~ Desire~*~
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Beautiful yet sadly moving...we are amazing creatures and can survive so much when we need to...love the imagery and metaphor in the depth of bfrevity.
Thank you for sharing!
mystic
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Thank you so much for your wonderful comments, Kim.
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Lovely and sad at the same time. Our ability to adapt, even to the loss of love, is quite amazing. I'm so glad whenever I see you've written something new, I hurry over to read it write away.
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Aww...thank you so much Lita.
Your comments are always very appreciated.
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poem of contrasts, very beautifully penned.
wish you all the best in the contest
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Thanks a lot for your wonderful comments.
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