Slows time to a scrawl
Drawing closer by degrees
Hour hand is trembling
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Matthew Daniels
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I'm here to explore the natures of stories and the people who tell them.
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Welcome to the Winners Announcement for The Ritual of Winter challenge. This prompt focused on winter rituals and the meaning that settles into them over time. The top pieces stay grounded in ordinary acts and repeated routines, letting winter shape the work through pace, attention, and restraint.
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Matthew, I love the personification of time in that final line! This was short a sweet but really captured the feeling I have when I'm cold, the time slowing down and the wish for myself to hurry up and warm up! Nice work!
Love the last line, the hour hand slow and trembling in the cold.