All is Bright

by sibyllene   Jan 18, 2012


Shivering, I go
with a red ribbon in
my hair, bright against
the warbly shroud of snow.

The twigs
send forth in the twilight
barbs of glowing glass,
minuscule, like acorns
softly lit.

Swift as a hare
white with winter, I dart
my mitten in, hold it
tight against your supple
glove, pressing love
into your fingertips.

When we kiss
nimbly and silently
it's nothing more
or less than a pair of
gifts that drift
gently
like snowflakes
out into
the cold.

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  • 12 years ago

    by StevenSilvernail

    What a way with words I like it a lote.

  • 12 years ago

    by TJ Arizona Eagle

    Breathtaking, the image it paints, the delicate touch of beauty. It's magical and refreshing. Excellent

  • 12 years ago

    by Britt

    "pressing love into your fingertips"

    That just sounds so sweet and romantic, like a puppy or first kind of love. It's a line that stuck out to me the first time I read it, and it stuck in my head.

    I agree with Mel, I also thought of Little Red Riding Hood, and that your imagery is so vivid. I feel like I'm watching a movie, or watching this scene that is just so overwhelming.

    I love the words you use that aren't typically seen in every day language. "Warbly" "Nimbly" etc. Brings a soft and beautiful feel. :)

  • 12 years ago

    by Melpomene

    "I was really captured by the imagery you portrayed within this piece. This was another one of those poems with fairytale imagery and funnily enough in the first and second stanza I kept having the image of Little Red Riding Hood walking through the forest, perhaps it was the use of 'red' that sparked such imagery. The poem had that romantic essence to it, it was delicate. The mentioning of cold and the discomfort caused (shivering) was a little reminder of the things we do for the ones we love, in this case trekking through the snow became a metaphor for such. I don't think the comma after shivering is necessary when I read the poem without the pause the flow was smoother. I've not heard of the term warbly, warble yes but never warbly, I understand what you were saying here, describing the sound of the snow and it's an interesting way to depict this."

    -Mel