The haiku type format lends to the beauty of this poem and the warmth of the sun the further south you go dispels the cold of the north. Well done poet.
Can touch this through all my senses in both 2 and 3-D, Janet! Your poetic palette comes to life and pulses with energy as p.u. It is wonderful to witness an artist at work: that phrase - "flat like dry paint" is just so evocative! Spot on! TY Kate xx
Excellent piece Janet, just the other day, I too had noticed the cool white light of the setting sun...looked like december come early. enjoyed this write
go south, young woman! "lugubrious raw color" - now there's something I can't do. hope you had a wonderful time with family and friends this Thanksgiving. Dawn
Close your eyes and feel that winter sun coming through the car windows.....and remember as you do, that the heat will return soon enough once Winter has had its' way with us! Another poem full of imagery as only an artist can "paint".
Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on November 25, 2005
Aw, shoot and drat! I though you were out in the freedom of the forest soaking up nature as your right, but to find that you were only in a car! Drat again. Just kidding here, I loved the descriptive wordplay you gave this poem.
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I could use some warm sunlight right about now.
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Love,
Eileen
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