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Retreat

For Small Heat challenge

By Paul StewartPublished 24 days ago 1 min read
Runner-Up in Small Heat Challenge

when the cold creeps in

my hand retreats to safety

beneath your arm’s warmth

HaikuSenryulove poems

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Paul Stewart

Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

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  • Niall James Bradley6 days ago

    Congratulations! Love the final line.

  • Congratulations! This is a sweet and romantic haiku.

  • D. J. Reddall12 days ago

    Well done, my liege!

  • Wooohooooo congratulations on your win! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊

  • A. J. Schoenfeld12 days ago

    Congratulations Paul! This was a great haiku. Happy to see it place!

  • Lamar Wiggins12 days ago

    Congrats, Paul!!! Nice to see a great list of familiar names, including yours! 🤩

  • Marilyn Glover12 days ago

    Such an endearing Haiku, Paul; congratulations on your win!😊❤

  • Gerry Thibeault12 days ago

    Congrats Paul!!

  • Congrats!

  • Harper Lewis12 days ago

    See, I told you this one wouldn't get ovalooked. Congrats!

  • Gabriel Huizenga12 days ago

    Absolutely lovely work, and congratulations my friend!!

  • Matthew J. Fromm12 days ago

    Heyyyyy congrats my guy

  • Clever haiku for the challenge.

  • John Cox20 days ago

    Nothing quite like human warmth. Lovely Haiku, Paul! Good luck!

  • Kera Hollow21 days ago

    I've been reading through a lot of the Haikus writers have posted this month. This one has been one of my favorites so far!

  • Calvin London22 days ago

    Short and sweet, Paul

  • Mikayla Rose23 days ago

    So simple, yet lovely and comforting. I felt calmed just reading this.

  • Andrea Corwin 23 days ago

    Ah, sigh, yes!! Nice job.

  • I yelp at my husband when he tries that with his cold hands.

  • A. J. Schoenfeld24 days ago

    Oh, this is such a sweet haiku! I love it.

  • Harper Lewis24 days ago

    Lovely in the best way

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