Cold Iron and Fur

Nathaniel, this is an absolute JOY, I want to read it over & over, every stanza has a thump from inside my chest that dumps me into a sensation indescribable, but well worth the jolt... You are seriously a Prince among poets. I have never read a work of yours I was not immensly impressed with. I loved the unspoken rhyme with sheep in the last line of the first stanza, intentional or not it grabbed me. Your descriptive vocabulary is adream & you have an incredible ability to evoke memory or inspire imagination so that you bring us to you world... Melancholy it may be, but so very brilliant I could weep. Thank you for bringing your talent back so I might drink it, with abundant appreciation! Cheers Anni~ "To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man." ~William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

Very fresh imaginitive wit forming cocky metaphors that jump the page in a remarkably vivid dark and light shadowed. Rare ,raw talent. B,,,o,,

When I came round to read your work, it was gone. Love the poem, great imagery, I can't believe I missed all your old writes. I am certainly going to read more of your posts in the future. Welcome back! Yours, ~Nina

I have not come across your work before but I stand at the lakes edge ready to dive into your sweet words. Just loved the line eyes the right shade of weak in the knees Seabhac

I love reading this poem. I'm sad I missed out on your past work. Very much looking forward to reading more of your work. I'm glad we crossed paths. Lisa

Quite an excellent foray into the sheets of poety! I have added this poem as #51 in my Great Poetry blog. I you have an issue with its placement there, please let me know. Brian

this really interests me it comes across sharp witty really good but where you say "there was a dark in those eyes " i`d prefer there was a darkness in those eyes " but that is just me , i am glad i got to read this ,cheers ziggy

this poetry i will long remember ... thanks so much for sharing with us kind regards Jayne

Wow, this is one of the most accomplished poems I've read in a long while. I love the way it comes across as random musings at first and then reading deeper you hear all the rhymes, half rhymes and structure upon which it is built. Excellent write! Daniel

Good to see you man, and with this excellent piece on display. you've been missed!

A wonderful piece, modern and original. I enjoy reading it.

Congtrates on spotlight :)and happy new year kind regards love Jayne-Chloe

Nice to see you again, bearing your beautifully wrapped poetic gift. Thank you. Much love, joy and peace in the New Year, the New Decade. ~Anna Hi5 on the spotlight!

Hi Nathaniel, it's been a long while since I commented on a poem here. I'm so pleased I visited today. The art of this construct is original, clever and satisfying. I read 4 times and will return, R.

You got me awe struck with this one, this is very good, can't wait to see more of your work.

Nathaniel, I've got tears in my eyes, dear boy you can certainly write, I can't even say why I love it, just that I do, I can't say how exactly you move me with your poetry, just that you do, deeply, I can't even express how I have missed reading your work, just know that I have and am overjoyed to see you back and posting. Sending love and hugs and best wishes for a new, less foggy, year ;) much love Beki xxx

amazing read. beautiful to wake up to. vicki

a new year, a new me. i tried other, but you asked for it. a decent write. a bit long in the tooth. lacks passionate images that this so screams out for, although does lead the reader to images. if one wishes to fend off the wolves to wait for the sprouting lamb to become the ewe's bush to devour with avarice unchecked, i would hope to feel the wishing of whetting my thistled whistle in the meanwhile. R

i've been reading this on and off for a couple of days now...i'm as impressed as the first time i read it. your opening line immediately grabbed my attention (i do like a man with a good opening line) and by the fifth line, i was hooked. i really like your use of language throughout this; unusual couplings that form some terrific, image laden phrases. i find it a very involving, evocative write, that screams emotion. i especially like the shift of focus in the last stanza... (it came as a wee surprise, and i like surprises in poetry) of course the last line brings it back, but oh!...how it brings it back! that last line is simply beautiful. for me, that one line lends this wonderful write a level of profundity...i came to it, and just melted at its loveliness. i sincerely look forward to reading more of you. cheers pleiades

I too have returned a few times to reread this brilliant yet heart achingly beautiful poem. I have been trying to remember myself at those ages. at 17 i thought i was finished though i never went to finishing school and dreamed lucid dreams in robes wet with longing at 19 i received 18 black roses and one white one, hadn't considered their meaning even though i never lost even one petal, pressed between pages of the book of poems i had yet to write at 23 i was a mother and daughter in search of myself writing poems in stages of myself, still waiting for the coming of Spring now, in the winter of my life... when the cherry blossoms fall, ripple in the pond of my own reflections, I can still smile at my own obsession. Thank you for the inspiration dear Atticus from O hi O .... ~Anna

This is the first of your poems that I have read, and I agree with everyone else here that it's brilliant. An impressive display of flow, beat, wit, and imagery. - Daniel

I liked it =] It reminds me of the power females have over you, but most of the time there completely oblivious to it. thanks for sharing, Aireal Steed