Frozen Lace

By velvet night crystals fall,
slightly felt or not at all.

Biting cold burns cheeks so red,
and a wintery mix pours overhead.

The frozen wind will not stir,
as mounds of snow cannot be heard.

The Heavens shake a blanket of rime, frozen lace caught in time.

Reviews

[William Michael Reeves]

I'm all hung up on the word rime? Help me. Hope your storms are enjoyed outdoors briefly. Just long enough to find poetry in the flakes.

[M. J. Smith]

Allow me, Miss Cherrie. :)
Used in a sentence: In the winter sunlight, a time of frost glittered in my windshield.
The word time is here defined as a crust or coating of something. Chiefly applied in the literature I have read to ice.
Hope this helps. Stay safe and warm.

[William Michael Reeves]

That's one of the things I love about reading poetry. Learning words and puzzling over them. I was thinking there's no way she would leave a typo in there. I wasn't familiar with the word and the word rhyme also worked in your end turning it back to writing. Now I've been vocabularically enriched. My brain must have been suffering some rhyme rime. Just read it again without thought and it's a really good poem. The end is really dramatic!

[Vertigo Cat1111]

Wow, what a detailed, cold, and atmospheric poem. It’s so detailed while still leaving enough to the imagination, and it genuinely feels like a freezing winter night. This poem is enough to put anyone in awe, and I’d dare say a new favorite of mine. It just describes the wintry mountains and months so well, it’s truly amazing. Thank you so much for sharing!

[Cherrie Palmer]

We are getting a little taste of Ms. Winter right now. And a granddaughter playing the trombone :(

[Kim S.]

what a wonderful write here

[Fabian G. Franklin]

What a delightful description of winter precipitation. I certainly hope you're staying comfy with hot drinks and warm clothes. I enjoyed the read. F.

[Cherrie Palmer]

Thank you Fabian I wanted this to have that silent night feel to it.. unlike the one I wrote today..

[red93]

Lovely thoughts and images beautifully expressed Cherrie. No snow this year so far in Bristol UK, but very cold.

[Coyote Poetry]

A snowy field is so beautiful. Like a ocean of peace dear Cherrie. Thank you for sharing the amazing words and beautiful photo.
Coyote

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and you have just described what we are forecast to get this coming late Wednesday into Thursday...
won't be pretty...and life will stop as it always does during these dangerous weather events.

Sometimes relationships go through these storms, and not everyone survives.
j.

[Cherrie Palmer]

I know we are in for it. The grocery stores are stripped bare. While my grandkids look forward to a long weekend.

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Cherrie... the Angels Gift of frozen lace... seems to embrace the Prayers of all Man Kind... as we take the Path less taken .. to help the forgotten. May Peace and Charity Ring in the New Year 2022. tenderly, Pat

[Cherrie Palmer]

Thank Pat and stay warm and safe :)

[M. J. Smith]

An old fairy tale from the brothers Grimm says that Mother Holda, a witch of some power, engaged a girl as her servant for a while. When the girl shook out the quilts, feathers flew, causing snow in our world.
Beautiful images, Cherrie. Short and to the point. Nicely done.

[Cherrie Palmer]

Thank you so much. We are expecting some wintery fun I guess this is a preemptive strike.
PS Love the fairy tale image.