Liver Spots

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A redbird sang for a mate today
high in a maple across the way
Where sap still drips for nights are cold
While morning sun breaks winter's hold


       Brown earth shows

through melting drifts


                                                                                 of frozen snow ...

Liver spots


                       upon the hand                      of Old Man Winter

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15 Comments
AmyfriendAmyfriendover 17 years ago
Beautiful poem..

highly descriptive.

annaswirlsannaswirlsalmost 19 years ago
late

wow this really is a gorgeous poem... all the way through

~swirls

Scott N. LeavittScott N. Leavittabout 19 years ago
**5**

I read this and I like the rhymeing. The words are pretty. I am sorry if you feel so old like winter dyeing.

I only know snow from the mountains, maybe you should come to California and be brown all over not just spoty!! It is warm and birds sing all year. Old Man Winter dont come here!!! ;)

Syndra LynnSyndra Lynnabout 19 years ago
all my comments

have been written. Lovely poem

~Syn

twelveoonetwelveooneabout 19 years ago
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brillant inversion of everything that is stock about spring.

The aging of winter...

The newness of writing from this view.

AnonymousAnonymousabout 19 years ago
Oh brilliant!

I love the idea of the earth appearing through the snow being likened to liver spots on Old Man Winter's hand. Wonderful.

Tess

BooMerengueBooMerengueabout 19 years ago
!

I found this poem sweet. Maybe bittersweet. Like it a lot, Ryb. And you know what a prissy bitch I am! Thanks, sir!

Boo

Bridget69Bridget69about 19 years ago
While we do not...

anticipate the emergence of liver spots, it's always a welcome sight when it accompanies the spring thaw. Never really percieved it this way.

My Erotic TailMy Erotic Tailabout 19 years ago
mentioned

Your poem was mentioned on the thread

"New Poems Reviews"

thanks for the exhilarating literary journey ...(~_~) Art~

bluerainsbluerainsabout 19 years ago
discriptive

and different...phrasing paused and made me take in...liked lots...blue

Wanton VixxxenWanton Vixxxenabout 19 years ago
Along with the intriguing title...

I found the content of the poem AND the "hand spread" arrangement of the piece to be both clever and unique. This was great - and so was finding out when I held My hand up to the screen to confirm the "handprint" of words, that I don't have any liver spots...yet. lol Enjoyed this one alot, Rybka <smile>

Vixxx

KaishakuKaishakuabout 19 years ago
I remember the melting snow,

but never thought of it as the back of an old man's hands and yet the image you present suddenly makes it wonderfully obvious. very good.

k.

WickedEveWickedEveabout 19 years ago
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Ah, this is some good rhyming and good poetry. I don't like liver spots but they're beautiful in this poem.