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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 2 – Intermediate)
Topic: Winter (11/14/05)

TITLE: whynter
By Kris St. James
11/19/05


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whynter

treetops barren
sky of haze
'boggins wearin'
playful gaze

fish-pond frozen
swims below
each step chosen
friend in tow

ghostly gasping
falling flakes
groping, grasping
slipping skates

faces cherry
brittle toes
sweaters hairy
hidden nose

laughing voices
holding hands
thankful choices
lovers, friends

cocoa steaming
mallow sweet
hot coals screaming
tingling feet

crackling, dancing
tree aglow
lovers trancing
drifting snow

marching, playing
floats a'gliss
planning, praying
gentle kiss

morning early
Savior born
ribbons curly
paper torn

family gather
memories share
crème pie lather
turkey air

new year's party
hat and flute
freshly starting
resolute

embracing future
seeing clear
reborn creatures
conquered fear

drunken fast driver
careless of cost
head-on collider
lover is lost

dreadfully dreary
darkness ahead
weakness and weary
true love is dead

all hope now fading
grieving the crime
places wish trading
lost Valentine

heavenward screaming
crying below
bitter tears streaming
demanding to know

answering nothing
listening vain
staggering, stumbling
snow turned to rain

extinguishing embers
quenching the flames
fighting to remember
beginning to blame

deafening blindness
immobile and mute
merciless misery
lumbering brute

flowering, brightness
fresh and alive
somehow goes sightless
nothing inside

beach-walking sunset
ocean and sand
soul-searching unmet
sole prints, lone hand

whispering, falling
yellows and reds
remembering, recalling
thinking ahead

memories pleasant
weaker is pain
recovery's present
feeling again

December returning
circle to end
feeling the yearning
lover and friend

hopefully, dreading
revisit the pond
tearfully treading
searching beyond

icily sitting
dimness of heart
pondering questions
seeking new start

gracefully drifting
angel tears fall
redemption, God's gifting
freely to all

wonderfully making
complete, renew
trustfully taking
flight into blue

finally moving
lighter than air
showing and proving
He really does care

cemetery visit
hard, cold stone
mystery is it
feel not alone

John 11:33


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Brandi Roberts11/21/05
I love the rise of this! The rhyme and meter is awesome. Well done!
Juanita Pittman-Brown11/22/05
I love the title, and I love the flow, and I love the thoughts...Beautifully done...I love the shorter lines...They help the flow from my eyes...Great entry...Juanita Pittman-Brown
Julianne Jones11/25/05
Definitely a 'wow' piece! I really enjoyed this. Well done.
Nina Phillips11/25/05
Going through the seasons in your peice was an adventure, and also finding renewed hope in the end. Very nice! God bless ya, littlelight
Pat Guy 11/26/05
Awesome!
Amy Michelle Wiley 11/26/05
Wow, this is really talentedly done. I wasn't expecting the twist at all. Good job!
David Conrad11/26/05
Very well written and expressed. Enjoyed the imagery and the emotion that flowed through this peice.It is awesome how He restores us in the midst of our troubles and tragedies.
Jesus Puppy 11/26/05
Well done, Oh Great Lumpy one.. (clap clap clap) Well done..
Shari Armstrong 11/26/05
Well done, very powerful piece.
B Brenton11/28/05
Well deserved Lump, well deserved.
Left me with a smile on my face :) and a tear hanging in my eye.
The only thing that gets my goat is your refusal to use capital letters! But it is your style, I suppose and it didn't take away from this at all...
Linda Watson Owen11/28/05
Sir Lump, you've delighted us all with this unusual and striking poem! I really admire the way you made the tragedy as unexpected and jarring to your reader as such a thing is in real life. Hats off to you!
Lauren Bombardier11/28/05
Ha! And you wanted to pull out. Excellent job, Chris!


   
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