your answers: chunks of ice

January 24, 2012

tags: poetry

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11 Comments

kath permalink

January 24, 2012 11:40 pm

Really great imagery and comparisons…the end left me chilled, no pun intended. So familiar with icy jarring sharp edged words…no mittens or scarves to warm me. Really really like this one!
- Carolee Bennett Sherwood permalink
  
  January 25, 2012 8:51 am
  
  aww, thanks, kath! i am so glad you’re reading my posts/poems — hey, you should start a blog!!!
redplace permalink

January 25, 2012 12:16 am

I love this post. Brilliant writing 🙂
- Carolee Bennett Sherwood permalink
  
  January 25, 2012 8:51 am
  
  thank you!
jillypoet permalink

January 25, 2012 9:28 am

wow. this is gorgeous. “a poem. or something like it.” i’ll say!
- Carolee Bennett Sherwood permalink
  
  January 25, 2012 8:23 pm
  
  thanks, miss!! looking forward to the response poem if you decide to write one!
James permalink

January 25, 2012 1:26 pm

Wow. That image of the Hudson hardening and night and letting go… always in flux. Yeah, that’s going to stick with me for a while.
- Carolee Bennett Sherwood permalink
  
  January 25, 2012 8:23 pm
  
  oh, good. i wasn’t sure about that part.
Joseph Harker permalink

January 25, 2012 4:07 pm

People rarely (and much more rarely so beautifully) think of ice vs. water as a process rather than just two possible states. Powerful currents (pun slightly intended) going on here; love also how the colors just burst out in the last stanza after all the chilly ones.
- Carolee Bennett Sherwood permalink
  
  January 25, 2012 8:24 pm
  
  i was hoping the colors at the end would stand out.