The Friday Free For All: Finally some new writing!

No, I haven't stopped writing poetry over the past week, I'm trying to mix things up.  I don't forget, however, that this blog was originally dedicated to my creative writing, and my poetry in particular.  So this Friday I give you a brand new piece.

I don't know what it's like where you live, but us northeastern states are positively frozen right now.  Most of us only venture outside when absolutely necessary, and even then for the shortest amount of time possible.  I'd be able to get to and from the car a lot faster if there wasn't ice all over the place, but I do the "frozen ground shuffle" at a pretty nice clip, if I do say so myself.

Given these circumstances, it's unsurprising that the cold has seeped into my poetry as well as my bones.  Therefore, this week's Friday posting is my latest work exploring how to make a breath of nearly subzero sound poetic.  Let me know what you think!

"A Frigid Breath"

One sharp, shallow breath

A single sip

Of freezing air

Shocks the warm, moist airway

With immediate

Crystalline constriction

Breath halts

And only the faintest wisp

Is visible

Hanging slender

In the night air

Before dissipating

In a slight swirl of a breeze

The tongue does not escape

Metallic crystals form

As the frigid air

Sweeps down the throat

A sputtering, raspy cough

Expels the fiendish freeze

As the sanctuary of warmth is sought