Tonight is dverse Open Link Night. Today’s offerings are what’s most on my mind today — keeping the fire going. It’s been chilly all day and the fire is on the third try. Today’s offerings are four lanturnes, described as a five-line verse shaped like a Japanese lantern with a syllabic pattern of one, two, three, four, one.
A short video from last night’s fire, which is in contrast to the fire of today:
Bones
that ache
in marrow’s
deepest reach, cold
reigns.
*
Breathe
and nose
hairs crackle
when sub zero
hits.
*
Toes
wiggle
in vain when
seeking feeling;
numb.
*
Sleep
curled in
thick cocoon
only air holes
bare.
Tao Talk 
Oh wow to experience that kind of weather must be something! Love how eloquently you have executed the form 💞
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Thank you for your kind words, Sanaarizvi. At times like this I feel like a “cold vampire” in that I would love to suck the heat right out of someone.
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Have you met my vampire friend? I will introduce you via a post link if that would not be too spammy… ;)
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Lona, only if your friend is a heat vampire ;)
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So is that a yes? You have to invite them in y’know… (don’t wowwy its not scawy)
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Let me think about it ok?
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sure… (I’m talking about a satirical vampire story btw hehe)
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bring it on!
::holy water (in form of tea) in hand::
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of course, mwa ha ha https://lonagynt.wordpress.com/2018/10/29/btt-44-can-a-vampire-help-a-transgender-person-to-transition/ha.. (it’s longer than a haiku, hope it brings a smile)
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just tried the link twice and it says page not found…
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must be the holy water tea…
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I just typed the title into the search box and it brought it up — 10/29/18. k got it.
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have fun… (I like your sense of humor btw).
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does the link end with /ha ?
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I will try again…https://lonagynt.wordpress.com/2018/10/29/btt-44-can-a-vampire-help-a-transgender-person-to-transition/
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I detest winter here in the mountainous Pac NW. I once dreamed of strangling snowflakes. The only happy folks here are winter sports nuts and owners of car repair shops. This is a new form to me; perhaps it could appear as a prompt for us on MTB.
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I thought the weather between the mountains and the ocean was pretty fair in the Pac NW? Or are you saying you live ON the mountain? Yipes. I actually love snow but hate cold but can’t seem to find a happy medium there. What is MTB?
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A very cool idea. Well done!
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Thank you :) glad you liked it
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Living in southern Ontario, I have experience these poems, at various times in my life. And this November was truly time of soul testing. If I could, would move to somewhere warmer, where wind chills aren’t measured at -12 C, midday..Could accept this, if the calendar page read January or February, but not November. Sigh.
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exactly. it’s way too cold for november
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I was shivering reading this Jade, and l really liked the shaped concrete form. Nice work… :-)
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can’t you tell those are blocks of ice? ;)
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I like those “nose hairs” crackling.
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I can always tell it’s below zero when they crackle!
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Ha.. love the cocoon… that’s how I sleep too.
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I just bundle under thick blankets…its very cold up here in Canada. Thanks for sharing.
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I live due west of Toronto, on the shores of Lake MI. We get a lot of cold breezes across the lake from Chicago. Lots of layers and I’ve also taken to sleeping on a heating pad. What part of Canada are you in?
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love the form, your choice of words were very precise
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Thank you, Gina. It was being felt acutely, so that helped with word choice :)
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Just don’t let the cold freeze the heart like it did to our terrifying “Shining” friend in the picture. you have inpried me to go put on a jacket… and I am in Alabama. brrrr.
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I’ve been wearing my jacket in the house and have a throw over the lower half when watching movies. Jack Frost can find someone else to harass!
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you are set girl!
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I was so relieved by the last stanza to warm me up! Where I live we have extremes in climate and I’m still not sure which I hate the most, the heat or the cold.
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Do you live in a desert climate? I’ve heard there can be extremes between day and night temps in the desert. Here it never gets extremely hot, even at its hottest.
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I live in Southwestern Ontario. I was speaking of the extremes between 90’s in the summer or higher with the humidex and our bone chilling wind chills in the winter.
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