Winter In The Middle Of My Summer

Engaging write ... wonderful rhyme ... feeling all of it ...

Thank you, Lil’D, for your support & always thoughtful words.

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Absolutely heartfelt...so beautifully written darling Jade🤗

Thank you so much, dearest Ally, with such honor that touches me with your words.

Like the form and the image you create...as if your feelings are barren

Thank you, Tim, my friend, for feeling what was there.  

A very dark write but beautifully composed.  The quatern form is extremely well followed.  Excellent work Jade!

Thank you, my friend, for your insightful support, I’m honored. And the quatern lets me go anywhere I’ve a mind.

I've been waiting for days. Finally, a new poem. Has anyone seen my banjo?

Oh Andy, that’s not what I meant.🤦🏻‍♀️

(but you knew that)🧦

Not sure I know why, this could totally be random but I read this and The Corrs/ Chieftans song, "I Know My Love" came to mind.

I’m sorry I don’t know that one. I’ll try to Goggle and hopefully find it.

Thank you for your comment that I learned something from as well.

This, my solitude, I’m not alone yet,
In the lockstep of a different drummer.
Endlessly wet from sweat to pay my debt;
Winter in the middle of my summer.

I love this poem - I was trying to understand the effect and then I read the last stanza out loud, the use of the repetition of rhyme gets it a great feel of spoken word...

and there you are at the mic taking the house down!

loving it!

tommy

Thank you so much, my tomcat, and apologies for the substantial lag as I noticed a number of comments I hadn’t replied to! I must’ve been absent (minded) that day.🤤

🤥Um. Heh...

Be that as it may, I love the way you literally sounded your way through the piece, reaching the conclusion that spoke to you. That’s dedication.

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dedicated... that's a really good word.

You know it!


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There’s gorgeous wordplay at work here and I love the experimentation with repetition and balance. I feel like this goes hand-in-hand with another of your poems; maybe consider doing something Season-in-He’ll like with poems strung together to describe a story? Just a thought

Thank you, Taurus (oh my, you’ve changed your name/avatar... I liked the symbolic one).

I appreciate your delve into the dynamics of this ink. And as for your suggestion - how psychic is this? -  

Not exactly, but similar: I’ve been working on such a structured write already, but it’s going to take a while. And it’s too soon to say if it will turn out to be worth the effort, but I won’t know till I see more of its promise.

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It’ll be worth it even if you don’t like it/decide to scrap it by the end, trust me; the process will teach yo a lot, and more likely you’ll develop a lot of new ideas along the way.

Oh I’m always learning every single day, multiple times a day. As for new ideas, without a doubt - those happen even in my sleep. If any come from the piece I spoke of that I’m doing strictly on the side, I’ll recognize if it happens, but I won’t look for or dwell on it.  There are far too many writers who swear there’s such a thing as writer’s block. The difference between all of them, and me, is that they concentrate too hard on what they should or must write about next. Me, myself: I listen as ideas of every permutation vie for my attention because I’m not concerned. The passion gathers them in a warm embrace till I’m ready for the one that speaks and I hear.

Great philosophy, I love the confidence; it shows in your writing like a beacon. I’ll definitely keep reading