Streaming Thoughts on “Ice”

Toddler’s rosy ice-cold cheeks.
Zooming, bumping down icy hills
on cafeteria-trays as sleds.
Crack-the-whip flying on ice skates.
Chocolate ganache, icing supreme,
marguerita on the rocks, please.
Icicle turrets on snow castles,
I scream for ice cream.
Smiling me,
at a list like this.

Written for Quadrille Monday at dVerse, the virtual pub for poets around the globe. Today Mish asks us to include the word “ice” or a form of the word, in our poem of exactly 44 words, sans title. Image by annca from Pixabay

15 thoughts on “Streaming Thoughts on “Ice”

  1. sarahsouthwest January 23, 2023 / 3:07 pm

    What a lovely, cheerful, life-enhancing list poem! All the very best frozen things.

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  2. kim881 January 23, 2023 / 3:09 pm

    A lovely stream of consciousness list of iciness, Lill! I love the rush of excitement in the sledding and skating. I smiled at ‘I scream for ice cream’ and now I have that song in my head.

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  3. Mish January 23, 2023 / 3:24 pm

    Your streaming thoughts reminded me of “these are a few of my favourite things”. Wonderful.
    Cafeteria trays as sleds?? I thought I’d traveled down snowy hills on every imaginable object….haha! Love it.

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  4. rothpoetry January 23, 2023 / 4:13 pm

    I love it. Your list of icy things brought back good memories.

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  5. Ron. January 23, 2023 / 5:16 pm

    Nicely icy, Lillian

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  6. Truedessa January 23, 2023 / 10:21 pm

    Margarita on the rocks works for me.

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  7. K.Hartless January 24, 2023 / 12:09 am

    Such fun imagery. Margarita dreams for me, now.

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  8. merrildsmith January 24, 2023 / 6:12 am

    Such a joyous steam–you capture the warmth of winter.

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  9. Colleen M. Chesebro January 24, 2023 / 2:17 pm

    Thanks for the glorious reminder of my winter memories. Icy margarita, please.

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