Red Leaf
A Frosted Verse Challenge Entry
Winter’s harsh breath steals across the land so vast
In chilling whispers beckoning beneath an icy blast
Frost harkens back life and death in one fell swoop
A new season strikes to conquer in a winning coup.
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A red leaf beyond upon a tree branch signals and calls
As it breaks free of frost, holding fast to a fading fall
Its color bursts stark against the white and snowy dew
Seeking instinctive survival in the icy, wintry view.
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Frost covers nature's allure to blend the two seasons -
Edge of fall’s demise meets winter’s birth, finding reason
To propel change found in dewy frost and bitter cold,
A well-executed web spun in creation’s fickle mold.
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Cindy Calder
From Charleston SC - "I am still learning." Michelangelo
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Comments (21)
Gorgeous, and so is the image! 😁
Who knows, that red leaf wins sometimes! This poem definitely did. Beautiful, Cindy.
Uber-beautiful work as usual! Congrats on your Honorable Mention!
Cindy, I love the imager in this one and I'm sad I missed it until now!! But, congrats on. honourable mention this week!!
Heyyyy Cindy! Congratulations on placing in Most Discussed Stories! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
I love how you brought this red leaf to life but before that you set the scene for us, which was so pleasingly vivid. the words flowed like wine, very rich in rhymes and your choice of pacing was perfect for this. I loved this line ‘ Edge of fall’s demise meets winter’s birth’ a gold star ⭐ for you for capturing the fact that the seasons do merge. Congratulations for your honoroable mention under most discussed stories on this weeks leaderboard 👌🏽👏🏽🎉🎊🥳
We both went in an invasion/coup route and I really like how you approached yours! Some really magical imagery in this!
I love that you showed the other side of winter. A lot of people romanticize the season because of the holidays. I like that this one is a little more crisp in it's description.
Nature's frost to blend the two seasons. Great poem. Well Done!!
You can really see the artistry of frost as in your words that are spectacular to see and read.
I thought your first two lines were phenomenal. The rest was excellent too, but those first two were wow!
Gorgeous, frosty work, Cindy! Loved the fall to winter theme and vivid language in this :)
I loved the anthropomorphizing of winter in your poem, Cindy! Winter's harsh breath and chilling whispers. A lovely evocation of a frosty morning in late autumn. Your pic is spectacular!
You perfectly captured winter's cold, frosty time in a beautiful poem!👏🏼 Thanks for sharing this piece with us Cindy!💕 These are my favourite lines: "Its color bursts stark against the white and snowy dew Seeking instinctive survival in the icy, wintry view" Beautifully done!❄️❄️❄️
I loved how you tied the end of fall to winter and the colors we vivid in the poem.
Your poem was so beautiful! Your cover photo, did you snap that photo?
Ooh, this hits like a nature drama! That red leaf’s fighting spirit? Iconic. Fall and winter battling it out with frost as their referee—love it. You’ve got me rooting for the leaf now!😊✨
My favorite part: "A red leaf beyond upon a tree branch signals and calls As it breaks free of frost, holding fast to a fading fall" Love this
"Edge of fall’s demise meets winter’s birth, finding reason". Woahh, I loved this line! Incredibly and beautifully written, Cindy! 💌
I absolutely loved this poem, Cindy, even though I don’t really like frost and winter.
Nice one.....