Saturday 10 January 2009

golden freeze

Writing short verse after a long time..

golden sun

ogles greedily-
freezes ardor

27 comments:

  1. Sometimes short verses conveys it all!!!Like this one

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  2. tergiversation's first rate, or is it paradox: how oppressive sun can be? Lot of thought here.

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  3. KiteHorse, you made my day by using the word "tergiversation" here!

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  4. Nice!

    Golden is the colour of warmth for me. :)

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  5. Yes, the heat from within is what ardor is all about, not the outer heat of a golden sun!

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  6. "Freezing" is certainly ironic here.
    Nice work.

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  7. this does indeed, work! love the title: golden freeze

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  8. That's a paradox that nails it perfectly. My hat's off to you!

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  9. I love the economy of words. And I confess, I had to look up tergiversation! Fabulous!

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  10. I like 'ogles greedily', unexpectedly 'Freez(ing) ardor'.

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  11. This is totally in my head space right now. Thanks; it's also giving me the sort of mental image I need to move forward.

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  12. Great twist-- summer freezing ardor!

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  13. Succinct as a doorway opening onto a prairie!

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  14. you put into beautiful form what my rambling offering did with clumsy words...

    'too much of a good thing kills the soul'

    Thanks for this!

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  15. i wish i could write long or short verse like you. you make it look so effortless but i know it is not!

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  16. Love's own thoughts layered with golden tints...

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  17. I like the "g" sounds--golden, ogles...greedily.

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  18. Just as I was about to enjoy the sun-ripened fruits...a cold wave hit the ardor.
    I enjoyed this treat.

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  19. it would be frozen sun in my case (so damn cold it hurts)

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  20. even the simple speak loudly... it is beautiful...

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  21. I love it...isn't it wonderful when we can say so much with so few words. Well done!

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  22. we used to have golden sun at this time but global warming sents us some fogs and storm :(

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