Retreat
For Small Heat challenge
when the cold creeps in
my hand retreats to safety
beneath your arm’s warmth
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Paul Stewart
Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.
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Comments (21)
Congratulations! Love the final line.
Congratulations! This is a sweet and romantic haiku.
Well done, my liege!
Wooohooooo congratulations on your win! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Congratulations Paul! This was a great haiku. Happy to see it place!
Congrats, Paul!!! Nice to see a great list of familiar names, including yours! 🤩
Such an endearing Haiku, Paul; congratulations on your win!😊❤
Congrats Paul!!
Congrats!
See, I told you this one wouldn't get ovalooked. Congrats!
Absolutely lovely work, and congratulations my friend!!
Heyyyyy congrats my guy
Clever haiku for the challenge.
Nothing quite like human warmth. Lovely Haiku, Paul! Good luck!
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!
Short and sweet, Paul
So simple, yet lovely and comforting. I felt calmed just reading this.
Ah, sigh, yes!! Nice job.
I yelp at my husband when he tries that with his cold hands.
Oh, this is such a sweet haiku! I love it.
Lovely in the best way