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A Cold Winter's Breath

a cold winter’s breath freezing limbs in the bare woods --- bone chilled finger points Russell Sivey NOTE: I really like this poem, one of my favorites! Submitted: 2/17/2012 CONTEST BY: Juxtaposition Haiku SPONSOR : Charles Henderson Entrant into PD's "Only #1 poems... For #1 contest winners only.." contest 3/3/2012

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Line Gauthier

Date: 9/22/2017 2:17:00 PM

Beautiful haiku. Congrats.

Kim Merryman

Date: 3/7/2012 9:26:00 PM

Congrats on your HM in PD's contest, Russell! Love, Kim

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 3/7/2012 6:29:00 AM

A belated congratulations on your win in P.D.'s contest Russell. Love, Carol

Bob Quigley

Date: 3/6/2012 8:25:00 AM

Congratulations on your HM Russell

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders

Date: 3/5/2012 8:35:00 PM

I liked this the first time I read it...congrats on your win. Blessings, Rhonda

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 3/5/2012 8:20:00 PM

congrats Russell on HM for a top notch entry... awesome as always luv..

Ralph Taylor

Date: 3/5/2012 9:50:00 AM

Congrats, Russ. Awesome write. Great job. Nice going, my friend. Ralph

Sashi Prabhu

Date: 3/5/2012 7:36:00 AM

superb Haiku.... congrats on HM .....~sashi

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 3/4/2012 7:04:00 PM

Russell .congratulations! in my contest...muched enjoyed your entry,;-) always*PD

Gautami Phookan

Date: 2/25/2012 12:59:00 PM

Amazing!! Loved this piece of haiku, simply beautiful how you wrote.. Congrats Russell on your super win in this contest!!! Nice weekend...

Kim Merryman

Date: 2/25/2012 9:58:00 AM

Congrats on your wonderful 1st place win, Russell! Love, Kim

Olusegun Arowolo

Date: 2/24/2012 11:46:00 AM

wonderful and beautiful write,Russell.a good description of cold winter.....Congratulations on your well deserved win in Charles`contest...

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 2/24/2012 5:27:00 AM

Congratulations on your win in Charles' Haiku contest Russell. Love, Carol

Kash Poet

Date: 2/24/2012 4:21:00 AM

Russell,congratulations on your 1st place win in Charle's contest.Very nice haiku.

Nette Onclaud

Date: 2/23/2012 10:53:00 PM

amazingly, a gem of a 'ku, russell... cheers to you for the top win! :) huggs!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 2/23/2012 8:44:00 PM

Hey, it goes well with my tree poem too!! LOVE IT, Russell. I can see why it won. Congratulations to you!!

Carrie Richards

Date: 2/23/2012 7:34:00 PM

Congratulations Russell, a challenge you met!!

Charlotte Puddifoot

Date: 2/23/2012 6:15:00 PM

congrats on your 1st place win; this is indeed a stunning haiku deserving of its placement :-)

Gwendolen Song

Date: 2/23/2012 5:32:00 PM

A hard art to master...u did it well...Congrats Russell!! Maybe you could earn a double major...wow. Gwendolen

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 2/23/2012 5:23:00 PM

Congrad's on your win! Light & Love

Charles Henderson

Date: 2/23/2012 5:12:00 PM

Thank you for being in my contest, a stellar poem you came up with, which certainly deserved it placement.

Don Johnson

Date: 2/22/2012 12:01:00 AM

yes i went south one winter, never again 4 me, cold feet n hands was not so grand.. stay in warm Queensland now u c

Broken Butterfly

Date: 2/19/2012 8:02:00 AM

Russell, I am no haiku expert but I think yours is outstanding, best of luck and thanks for all your comments and support

Sara Kendrick

Date: 2/19/2012 5:31:00 AM

Enjoyed reading this morn..Winner for sure..Thanks for stopping by...Someday maybe all areas of my life will be like a well cut diamond..Sara

Natalie The Rogue Rhymer

Date: 2/18/2012 2:51:00 PM

Nice one Russel! I think Charles will like it :)