Southerly

[Animal Riots Activist]

Southerly

I remember it keenly;
the cut of a cold snap
gusted from an emptiness
few visit and none endure,
pure edge and hardness
whet to sting fiercely-nice continuation of the knife imagery.
as the isolation -This enjambment throws me for a loop; the pacing you've set earlier seems to be thrown off by these shorter lines
that formed it,
and bristling, -I'm not sure what this line is supposed to add. Also as folks have pointed out, this is antithetical to the knife imagery
having been tempted north
by warmth. I really enjoy these two lines.

Just go 
she said,

closing the door.

Much like everyone else, these are really just nitpicks. This poem is really polished, the words seem arduously selected and each serves a purpose. Really nice work, thanks for the read!
-Em