Old Snow (RedStoneEB "famous poem", challenge)

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Open Poetry #37

Old Snow (RedStoneEB "famous poem", challenge)

ice
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since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2006-04-01 07:08 AM

*"There's a patch of old snow in a corner"
Of the house-side facing north,
Behind what's left of the wood-rick,
The stack much lower, than in October.

Five feet away, the sun draws
A line, a demarcation stripe
Defined by the rooflines angle;
Cold on the dark side, warm on the bright,
One side it's March, the other April.

So the old snow patch is saved,
Although outside the line its spring-
Beneath the eaves, behind the chunks
It lingers-safe, in a shadow of gray;
Surviving, like a frozen block
In a sort of ice-house cave.

(*The first line is from the Robert Frost poem "A Patch Of Old Snow" used to answer the challenge outline)

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

1 posted 2006-04-01 07:28 AM

Knowing that your poetry
can stand alone and without
any help from Frost...

just know that his bit of inspire
made yours shine all the more.

froggy
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since 2003-06-23

Posts 1893
Michigan

2 posted 2006-04-01 09:41 AM

Good Morning Ford.
What a beautiful read this morning. :-)

Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things,
man will not himself find peace."

Albert Schweitzer,
Nobel Peace Prize Wi

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

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3 posted 2006-04-01 09:51 AM

Ford, you've done the Frost proud!

Bravo!

Love & a springy hug,
Linda

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

4 posted 2006-04-01 09:53 AM

ice
Since ice and snow are in the same family,
I think your a little predisposed. LOL

Bonnie j
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since 2003-06-27

Posts 1588
Ohio

5 posted 2006-04-01 09:57 AM

Greetings Ice
When my son lived in Ala. he missed the snow. So when we had a snow fall I gathered up a bag of snow and put it in the freezer. So when he came home he had beautiful snow.
Just wanted to share my thought.]
Hugs BonBon

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