Snowed in



Coldness summarizes earthly tears
in a white crystalline glittering.
Covering up like a cloak of love
huge number’s closure reigns.

Each flake shows its complex signs
if you simply take a closer look.
It’s the heap that’s hushing up
how the loner reaches.

Unique in signals of their own,
frozen drops descend,
to see when thaw arrives

each and every fate
will always end alike.
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Submitted by ludy_b on October 23, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XXXX XXXX XXX XX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 373
Words 65
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 2

Ludy Bührs

The topics she writes about are very diverse, so are the poetry styles she applies. As a Dutch translator and poet, having lived in Cambodia's capital city Phnom Penh for 2.5 years, in 2008 she published "Op de ruïnes van een rijk" (On the Ruins of an Empire) ISBN 978-90-8834-483-1 with 60 poems based on her experiences there. In 2007 she received a Certificate of Accomplishment as one of The Best Poems and Poets of 2007 issued by poetry.com and the International Library of Poetry for her poem Choked Truth, her own translation of "Verstikte waarheid", one of the poems in the book. Born in 1956, she still works as an independent translator, translating from English into Dutch. more…

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  • tims.29998
    Sorry I'm new to this site I forgot to rate your last poem that I commented on I will go back and do that after this. That being said I really enjoyed this one as well the complexities of a snowflake are the perfect way to describe us all because just like them none of us are exactly the same and yet we all share that beauty. Luv your work have a great holiday season. 
    LikeReply 14 months ago
    • ludy_b
      Thank you for your votes and comments. Much appreciated!
      LikeReply4 months ago

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