Hoar Frost

I`m quite pleased with this one...

Hair of the spider,

the old man`s curse;

spicules of ice

That turn my windows

into a French pattern;

older than rime

Feather frost;

white as a virgin`s hair,

hard as Winter`s face.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

the last three lines especially...i am becoming that white in the hair...and hard as a Winter's face...

life takes away that innocence and wonder....and we get much colder as we get older.it's our curse....

and this just hangs on the page, like a beautiful icicle...melting and melding with and into the reader.

[Tina Kline]

A wonderful and creative description of hoar frost.
I enjoyed your unique poem.

[Sami Khalil]

An awesome write Mr. PHILIBERT. Title, wording, imagery are all wonderful. Thank you for sharing with us.

[stars are far]

that was very..well.. i dunno why i need to really think deeper when i read your writtings and well one one more poet.. so thats very few for me..
maybe your way of writing where you write few words..so there are lots of thoughts..
that was so great ..
thanks for sharing

[Leslie Philibert]

Thanks for the review, I`m glad you liked it, a bit short maybe, but I prefer to get as much as right
as I can before I force some weak lines in !

[Jeremy Baker]

I am intrigued by the 'hair of the spider' image; we have spiders here but they never get close enough for me to see that kind of detail. If we ever have snow, I hope it looks and feels like this - you've captured the feel of winter exceptionally well.

[Leslie Philibert]

Thanks for the kind words, especially nice from a poet as good as you are...

[Coyote Song]

A very vivid and impressive poem.
It is very very good. Skillfully and creatively done!!

[Leslie Philibert]

Thanks for the kinds words , from a poet who is true to WC and who posts fine work !

[Coyote Song]

Thank you very much! :)

[Frieda P]

Killer imagery here Leslie, I'm looking out that frosted pane at this very moment, and you brought that winter face to life with your words.

[Leslie Philibert]

Thanks very much for the nice words, best wishes from here...!

[Frieda P]

Muchly enjoyed, now you can you write me a spring face, sick to death of winter ;-)

[Lyn Anderson]

Again, an unreviewed poem. It seems people all around the world are experiencing harsher than usual, and not so fun, winters this year.

[Leslie Philibert]

Thanks for looking at my poem. A lot of my poems go mostly unreviwed, but as a matter of principleread moreThanks for looking at my poem. A lot of my poems go mostly unreviwed, but as a matter of principle
I don`t asked to be reviwed. As I have had a few poems placed recently in the US I don`t worry about that too much, I use WC to test work and get it archived. Best wishes from Bavaria, Les.