#shiv’ring
And you saw her shiv'ring there. DUNT DA NA! DUNT DA NA!
January 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
For me? I’m quaking. I’m shiv’ring. I’m unable to gaze upon reality. Ketchup please
October 5, 2023 at 3:28 PM
‘Casting a glare amid the foliage wild,
That spreads romantic o’er the abby walls—
Though from some dark recess with ghastly stare,
An airy troop of pale cold shiv’ring ghosts
Should lightly skim along the lonesome void.’ ~ George Keates, 1764. #BookWormSat
🖼️ Netley Abbey, J Hassell, 1807.
August 19, 2023 at 5:37 PM
That reminds me of the metaphor I used in the first sonnet I wrote for #PoetInLockdown all those years ago…
July 26, 2026 at 6:00 AM
And linger, shiv’ring on the brink,
August 16, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Whether Cold Or Hot

when Truth a blanket insufficient is convicted
and self not be well covered over hands so cold
and madness gibbers in your shiv’ring teeth that chatter
and feet exposed to cold night air and bones that feel so old
February 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Who but must laugh, the master when he sees,
A puny insect shiv'ring at a breeze!
June 28, 2026 at 4:56 AM
I wake, I rise, and shiv'ring with the frost
Search all the house; my Gulliver is lost!
May 5, 2026 at 8:40 AM