Different Textures of White

Cold, hard,white, wet ice cubes clink into a glass 'pon a summer day

                                Then they pop and snap when touched by warm tea made

Large white raindrops splatter falling from white cotton fluffy clouds
            
               Their sound brings hope that cooling of the summer air will abound

The white water rushes through the yard cascading over every rock and twig
     
     onward to the creek to dance on its way to the sea

Over those small white rapids created by those damp dark rocks

                            just a small gurgling sound of white just for me 

Forward dancing across those river rocks bouncing, swishing onward to the sea

     Those white raindrops now whitecap in small waves with a tiny rhythm 
                                                
                                         along the beach

White water necessary for life delivers different sounds to mine ears

The silence of all nature as white snow begins to fall

         Just a crisp sound of ice crystals as they touch tree limbs, the brown earth and
                                                          
                                                       each other

A crisp, cold, steady sound of white snow as each flake lands

              White, white, bright white all of nature surrounds 

Sponsor: Monterey Sirak
Contest: The Sound Of Color
Written: December 03, 2013
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013


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Date: 12/12/2013 7:45:00 PM
Refreshing, Sara! Congrats!
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Date: 12/11/2013 7:14:00 PM
Congrats on your win, You took me from warm to cold. But in a pleasant way....Hugs...Roger
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Date: 12/11/2013 8:59:00 AM
a beautiful win....Linda
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Date: 12/10/2013 9:48:00 PM
Congrats on the win, sara
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Date: 12/10/2013 5:54:00 PM
What a beautiful poem Sara :) congrats on your superb win :D enjoyed my morning reading today :D hug, Yanny
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Date: 12/10/2013 5:45:00 PM
I missed this beauty too..but sure enjoyed it now..congratulations Sara...
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Date: 12/10/2013 3:56:00 PM
gosh, how the heck did i ever miss seeing this one until now. Outstandingly done, Sara, and congrats to you.
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Date: 12/10/2013 11:17:00 AM
- Congratulations on your winning poem in: "THE SOUND OF COLOR" contest: Sponsored by: Monterey Sirak - Nice to join and nice to read your poem Sara. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 12/10/2013 9:52:00 AM
Amazing images and sound! We got snow and ice last week and I have been listening to all the white sounds. I love the way you started with a definitive concrete image of ice cubes in a glass and from there flowed seamlessly into the soothing white sounds of nature from rain to snow. Congrats and thank you for entering.
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Date: 12/6/2013 4:54:00 PM
A beautiful description of water's forms, and the journey from the sky to the earth and back again. Wonderful! I enjoyed this one tonight. Very well done, Sara! I wish you the best of luck in the contest!...Thank you for the kind visit to my latest poem. I am so glad that you enjoyed it!
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Date: 12/6/2013 12:38:00 PM
Picture perfect scene Sara, hope you achieve a high spot with this write..'
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Date: 12/4/2013 3:16:00 PM
beautiful write, my friend. a big winner, for sure
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Date: 12/4/2013 6:19:00 AM
- Beautiful and white, Sara - My thoughts on white ..... the sounds of a white wedding dress with pearls and lace ........... in a silent church :) - Good luck in the contest. - Have a nice day in December. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 12/4/2013 5:35:00 AM
Oh Sara, I'm so thankful you happened upon my page... Your writing is truly beautiful! I'm so looking forward to reading more over hot tea and piano melodies. Passing along a smile and a hug for your day... XOXOX
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Date: 12/3/2013 8:25:00 PM
I can hear the different shades of whites flow through your poem. The line layout had me swaying back and forth to the water theme too.
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Date: 12/3/2013 3:14:00 PM
Sara great job on this write love how you created the different sounds of white.
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Date: 12/3/2013 11:54:00 AM
Excellent sounds of white so crisp on the page. Will be a winner. Good luck. Thanks for your visit to my page, Hugs, SuZ
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