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Poet’s Snow

pineapple_babbit's picture

One of my favorite things about winter is the Poet’s Snow.
There’s just no other way to go.
There’s no real name for it,
I just made one up.
Everyone writes about it,
How romantic it is,
How they love it so much,
And how it looks almost too soft to touch.
Poet’s snow is the kind that sticks to your hair,
At least until you go inside and it melts.
That’s the only way to get it off what you wear,
Because sometimes it’s just that sticky.
Poet’s snow falls so softly,
No other snow could ever be as romantic,
And that’s why it deserves a special name.
Poet’s snow deserves the fame.

emnoodlehead's picture

Great topic!

Great topic!

pineapple_babbit's picture

Thanks!

It became a poem from a list a made just a little bit ago... The list was the 15 romantic first kiss ideas. I love this kind of snow. ^_^
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emnoodlehead's picture

The Inuit’s had over 100

The Inuit’s had over 100 words for snow, some of them got kind of interesting though.

But anyway, I read your "15 romantic first kiss ideas" and loved them all,
Almost made me want to re-do mine!

pineapple_babbit's picture

Wow, really??? I am kind of

Wow, really??? I am kind of curious now... I want to know Inuit words for snow... I wonder what they call Poet's snow... lol You have a romantic list for first kisses, or something of that sort???? Nice! I want to read it. ^_^
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Sometimes, I wonder if love is good or bad.... It can make you feel like you're higher than the tallest mountain, or it can make you feel like the lowest person on earth.....

emnoodlehead's picture

They sure do. :) I don't

They sure do. :)

I don't have list per say, but cutesy little ideas, they really aren't much.

My first actually involved a sunset and garden though, it was all very cliché, but I didn't care :p

pineapple_babbit's picture

lol. Yeah. Mine are some

lol. Yeah. Mine are some what cliche... But I am a romantic, so they still sound perfectally fine to me. ^_^
New one that you inspired.
16. Sitting in a garden on a white swing bench with the top for shade on a sunny day drinking lemonaid and watching the world pass by.... ^_^
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Sometimes, I wonder if love is good or bad.... It can make you feel like you're higher than the tallest mountain, or it can make you feel like the lowest person on earth.....

emnoodlehead's picture

Exactly!! If a first kiss

Exactly!! If a first kiss can't be cliché then it starts to feel sad, and we most certainly don’t want that. :)

Hehe!! That's really funny because that is basically how it happened, mind reader...

pineapple_babbit's picture

wow, really??? I just came

wow, really???
I just came up with something about summer and gardens because you said that and it was the most romantic thing I could come up with.
Thats so sweet!!!!
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Sometimes, I wonder if love is good or bad.... It can make you feel like you're higher than the tallest mountain, or it can make you feel like the lowest person on earth.....

emnoodlehead's picture

Yep! Too bad I'm gay and it

Yep!
Too bad I'm gay and it was with a guy, oh well, life can't be THAT perfect!
:)

mixedmusic333's picture

chuckle.

chuckle.

pineapple_babbit's picture

Really???

Well, at least it was cliche and romantic.... ^_^
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Sometimes, I wonder if love is good or bad.... It can make you feel like you're higher than the tallest mountain, or it can make you feel like the lowest person on earth.....

sinisterVT's picture

chuckle indeed, : )

chuckle indeed, : )

Usagi's picture

True...my

True...my first kiss was hardly cliche, but I had some cliche and romantic ones after that...

pineapple_babbit's picture

I want a cliche and romantic

I want a cliche and romantic first kiss... *Hence the list... lol* And a boyfriend that is actually a boyfriend.... *REALLY long story....* I've only had one boyfriend and we were dating, but according to everyone else's definition, we weren't....
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Sometimes, I wonder if love is good or bad.... It can make you feel like you're higher than the tallest mountain, or it can make you feel like the lowest person on earth.....

Usagi's picture

That's annoying...

That's annoying...my boyfriend and I haven't actually ever been on the typical dinner-and-a-movie thing. More like lunch-and-test-a-homemade-miniature-wind-turbine.

pineapple_babbit's picture

lol... mine never held

lol... mine never held hands, or anything like that... We were just really good friends saying we were going out I guess... He always was with other girls and had one fall asleep on his lap, and then, he broke up with me. That and he went to the dances with other girls... Last winter, he moved to florida and got a boyfriend...
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Sometimes, I wonder if love is good or bad.... It can make you feel like you're higher than the tallest mountain, or it can make you feel like the lowest person on earth.....

Usagi's picture

Aww...

Aww...poor Babbit. But there will be others!

pineapple_babbit's picture

There will!!!! And ones that

There will!!!! And ones that actually care about me too!!!!!
And ones that are awesome and are romantic and such!!!!! Woot!!!!
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Sometimes, I wonder if love is good or bad.... It can make you feel like you're higher than the tallest mountain, or it can make you feel like the lowest person on earth.....

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