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Cold Snap

Text of Poem

The winter night in your face
darkened, and sparkling stars of frost
enameled your eyes. My words
caught on a splinter of ice
and bled to death. As their last heartbeat
sang to the music of the band
my ears felt empty and now
I can’t dance with anyone else
with my blood frozen by
your white hands.

First Line
The winter night in your face
Original Pub Location
Original Publication Date
1965
Original Citation
Kansas City Magazine (1965) 28.
Complete Poems
147
Hearst Collections
Word Count
58
Poetic Form
open
Themes
Twitter Quote
My words / caught on a splinter of ice / and bled to death.