a growling rises from a silent place
where once the sun danced on the lakes
now grumbling, frozen, still and quiet
"fall's" David, battling goliath
rumbling underneath our feet
the cracking where the shoreline meets
the frosted blades that line the beach
as winter's power, is released
the singing of the verglas, glides
upon the wind, thickening the ice
that booms and pops, like in July
as fireworks light up the sky
cryoseisms, quake the ground
filling the nighttime air with sound
gentle trembles, rattle and shake
as water freezes making frost quakes
the subtle sounds that nature makes
as winter comes to take her place
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Kelli Sheckler-Amsden
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Congratulations, Kelli, on your honorable mention!💖🥳
This really feels like a fitting poem for the power and awe of nature! Makes the reader feel like an observer of earth’s seasonal machinery. Such a good take on the challenge, I’m glad you got recognition for this— well earned! Congrats
Wooohooooo congratulations on your honourable mention! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
This is an enjoyable read. Congratulations!
Congratulations on your honorary mention Kelli 😄
❄️This was very creative. I do like that David and Goliath was mentioned. To guide the poem towards the 'frosted blades that line the beach' and just like the power David had over Goliath, so was the same for winter — winter released it's power over all. ❄️I like that everything was happening in its time, in their perfect place. The growling that rises. The cracking where the shorelines meet. ❄️You chose such vivid imagery, accompanied by their sound. I experienced winter as if it were here in all it's glory, through your words. Fantastic work, Kelli. 🤗🖤❤️
This was so vivid! I loved your word choice!
Quite cinematic 😊❤️