In veins that flow with ice there is no cheer
Cold comfort's all I feel when you are near
Enjoyment, we once had, through things we shared
But now, I wonder if you ever cared
Our tide has turned, and in the ebb and flow
Love took the opportunity to go
Time to admit our ship has long since sailed
Such promise, we once showed; too bad we failed
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Author Notes
ice-bolt (n.) an avalanche.
The earlier meaning of the word was "a piercing sensation of cold". In more recent times it has become a synonym for avalanche. I have gone more for the original meaning here. Also, I have used the plural form, to give me an even number of lines for the acrostic. Lastly, if this is based in part on actual events, they were a long time ago.
Thanks for reading.
My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.
Image credit: dahu1 [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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