Frost Fire
August Stramm 1874 (Münster) – 1915 (Kobryn)
Toes deaden.
Breath smelts to lead.
Hot needles dance in fingers.
Backs turn to snails.Ears hum coffee.
The fire swaggerswith logs
andwith a shrivela crack
a satisfactionyour simmer heart
sips
from high in the skya seething sleep.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABCDEFGHI |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 230 |
Words | 40 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
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