Lillehammer in winter, ice diamonds in the snow
ice feathers on branches show the temperature
is very low
Deep cold in England, garden cobwebs become adorned
with days of hoar frost growth and the spiders
are folorn
The slow magic of ice delights me
Copyright © 2022 Kim Whysall-Hammond
This poem is a quadrille, it has exactly 44 words. It is posted in response to the prompt over at Dverse tonight. Mish has asked us for quadrilles using the word ice, or words formed from it.
The Cheesesellers Wife 
Ice-feathered branches and hoarfrosted webs, eh? Two great images supporting a great poem. Thanks.
LikeLiked by 1 person
And thank you, Ron!
LikeLike
Ice became so very pretty with “ice diamonds” and “ice feathers”. Love the way you gave us two different icy worlds.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Mish
LikeLike
Great rhythm and familiar theme :)
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Rebecca!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Very nicely done! Ice is most interesting!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, indeed – the Wiki article is fascinating!
LikeLiked by 1 person
There is something magical about ice – It shimmers
LikeLike
Yes indeed!
LikeLike
Delightful imagery. I love the hoar frost on the cobwebs.
LikeLiked by 1 person
In mid-December we had a huge cobweb just outside our dining room window, all frosted up. It was magnificent!
LikeLike
I really agree with you, Kim ~ ice is truly magical!
<3
David
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes it is!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I enjoyed the comparison of winter in the two countries. We really don’t know true cold here in the south of England and, although I really hate snow, I’m happy to look out of the window at its beauty, which you captured so well in those ‘ice diamonds in the snow’ and the forlorn spiders with their frozen cobwebs – which I really love to see. Slow magic indeed.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, the -9C we’ve recently had at night was nothing to the normal winter -28c in the Norwegian mountains!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Lovely use of slant rhymes in this one!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you Jane, I’m very glad you think it works!
LikeLike
It does :)
LikeLike
You see the beauty in ice
LikeLiked by 2 people
Ice is sometimes horrible and slippy, sometimes lovely. Just like people! :)
LikeLiked by 2 people
I love your ice imagery!!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you
LikeLiked by 1 person
You’re welcome.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I agree… real winter is beautiful
LikeLiked by 1 person
The slow magic of this poem delights me too :)
LikeLiked by 1 person