Magenta Comments

This is the first poem of yours I ever read, having done a search for the word 'magenta' just about a month ago. It is very descriptive and actually reminds me of winter days and nights in North America and the state of Utah where I live, as if it truly is another wild and fiercely beautiful world with another set of colors at night which are both warm and cold. I especially like the reference to a 'plum-colored shadow.' The past two winters I keep seeing a black or dark cherry hue to the sky here.

This is so evocative of childhood, I can feel the winter-burnt fingertips and the red cheeks in front of the fire while steam rises from my jumper. Marvellous!

Thanks, Yoonoos. I'm glad there are some members at least who understand that the 'rhythm' of poetry is not necessariliy the tum-ti-tum of doggerel. Yes, I can write in strict meter and in rhyme, but it encourages me to see that other kinds of poetry are valued. P: -)