**Revised** Okay, so I re-read these later and decided it wasn't that they were so "bad"...the words just didn't come easily. Usually verse comes without much effort--I find myself penning what has somehow already been written in my mind (that probably doesn't make sense). These, I had to work for, which was frustrating, and I guess I thought that made them "unworthy". The funny/ironic thing is, I couldn't just toss them, ya know? It would've been like slamming the door in the face of a new friend.... Anyway, for those of you who offered kind comments...thank you :).
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'm afraid this week's "15 Words..." photograph stumped me. Typically when I pull up Laura's page and view her picture for the week, multiple poems begin writing themselves in my mind, and I just have to reach into my pensieve and jot them down.
Today...it was a "reach" alright, but not in the good sense :/. I probably should've just skipped it, but the thought of that left me feeling defeated, and daggum it, I wasn't going to let THAT happen. So...below are my offerings. If you've been hesitant to write poetry in the past, yet a quiet desire persists, these should give you some sort of motivation in a convoluted way.
Please note my use of a few unusual words to distract you. I think it's a gift.

Winter's duty
Icy descent
Soon liquescent
Acquiescing
Deliquescing
...beautiful
...hardened, but breakable
...cold, yet meltable
...potentially wicked
A metaphor of my heart.