Hmm, I've got Fisherman also, plus pantoum for poetic forms and "And the runaway honeysuckle that no one will ever trim again." I've never written a pantoum -- I think that should be fun to try. But right now I'm so far behind I'll just be happy to finish something. :)
Hoary means white, so I was going to guess that hoary flakes meant snowflakes, but I looked up the context (it's from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"):
Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes: They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes.
So it sounds to me like they're swimming and leaving a wake in the water, and then they stick their heads up and scatter bits of foam that sparkle in the light? That's my best guess, anyway. But of course you can interpret the line however you want for the prompt.
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Date: 2019-03-08 05:19 pm (UTC)Hoary means white, so I was going to guess that hoary flakes meant snowflakes, but I looked up the context (it's from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"):
Beyond the shadow of the ship,
I watched the water-snakes:
They moved in tracks of shining white,
And when they reared, the elfish light
Fell off in hoary flakes.
So it sounds to me like they're swimming and leaving a wake in the water, and then they stick their heads up and scatter bits of foam that sparkle in the light? That's my best guess, anyway. But of course you can interpret the line however you want for the prompt.