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Sublimity on a Cool Blue Day

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With my eyes I trace the icy slice of a glistening lake which mirrors autumn’s sky. Its glacial blue enchants me. I almost taste the bracing breeze rustling trees’ surviving vivid leaves. Cool blue sky will soon succumb to dusk. Mauve merges with coral blossoms. I wait . . . watching and breathing in sublimity as sapphire captures sky. On its canvas heaven’s stars soon will dance.

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Beryl Edmonds

Date: 1/5/2024 6:48:00 PM

A beautiful write Andrea, congratulations on your well deserved win… Belle

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 1/4/2024 7:20:00 AM

I enjoyed reading this wonderful write again. Glad Silent One did this. Have a wonderful day writing away........................

Ink Empress

Date: 1/3/2024 11:58:00 PM

Dear Andrea, im so happy to see this finally placed, as this is definitely one of the best. Congratulations well deserved

Howard Kerr

Date: 1/3/2024 11:59:00 AM

Andrea, Congratulations on your superb win with an equally superb Nonet. You have painted a wonderful canvass exuding grace and colour. Howard

Silent One

Date: 1/3/2024 11:49:00 AM

This wasn't really a contest, but an opportunity to showcase an Na poem.. but I bet you knew that... I wonder how many Na's you have in your 10,000 plus poems on here lol

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/3/2024 4:36:00 PM

Your new contest is killing me I do not think I ever posted even one poem here that was not for a. Contest. My goodness.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/3/2024 4:19:00 PM

Yes. It was an NA. I get at least a few per week Thanks, Silent One

Sara Kendrick

Date: 12/28/2023 11:46:00 AM

Wow!! I like the shape of this one reminds me of a reflection in a deep lake. If for a contest, it reads like a good contender to me ..Way to go. Thanks for sharing and for dropping by my page. Sara K

Mat Ignacio

Date: 12/24/2023 9:24:00 PM

glad i found this - a beauty

Ink Empress

Date: 12/21/2023 3:10:00 AM

Dear andrea, i just wanted to say this is one of the best nonets entered for my nonet contest, it was with a heavy heart i had to not place this because of syllable count in “ “ of a glistening lake” but just hope you would know i just love everything about this from imagery to the flow and how magical it all sounds. Thank you for supporting my contests always

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 12/21/2023 11:46:00 AM

thanks, I wish I could use it again somehow. in another contest. It was one of my personal favorites of my own writing this month. There are lots of words that lose a syllable the way we speak them. I use howmanysyllables.com . I am thinking I confused my question about rustling for the word glistening and then I went and changed the line above it to plural so I could accommodate glistening as two syllable. I am messing up so much lately. And Emile's contest has a glitch on me and is only showing a poem that I never entered. No matter what i do, it won't let me remove it. It's a blue day.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 12/21/2023 11:43:00 AM

thanks, I wish I could use it again somehow. in another contest. It was one of my personal favorites of my own writing this month.

Ink Empress
Date: 12/21/2023 10:02:00 AM

Yes it is the same with the word “ rhythm” its one syllable but sounds like 2.. which is why i stick to howmanysyllables.com .. i actually write my nonets on the counter.. cus without it ill be a mess… but so many got syllables wrong this time.. its ok. But this nonet is perfect despite that error

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 12/21/2023 9:14:00 AM

I think I looked up rustling , wondering if that one might be three syllables, since it's the word rustle plus ing. then when I wrote glistening, I was so sure I had looked that one up too, but I guess I did not because I checked two syllable counters and couldn't find one that shows two syllable. I always find it weird that the way a word is actually pronounced by some people is only shown with one pronunciation. I actually had changed the first time I wrote it as "a slice of.." to "slices" so that I could put the extra syllable "of" onto the line with five syllables. I wish I knew what the heck I was looking at.

Ink Empress
Date: 12/21/2023 8:28:00 AM

Dear andrea i use “howmanysyllables.com” for syllables.. what did you use? I was a bit shocked too to see you would ever do a syllable error. I think ive also mentioned to use that syllable counter as some counters are different to others.. hmm .. please check with that counter as this is a poetic gem really.. literally made my heart heavy as this is one of the best nonets iv read ever.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 12/21/2023 8:25:00 AM

or maybe I mixed up that I looked up rustling, wondering if it was two or three syllables. In my area of the world, many people pronounce glistening as glis/ning and they omit the T and don't pronounce the "en" I sure wish it was glistening I had looked up and not just rustling, which I pronounce also without a T sound.

Hilo Poet

Date: 12/17/2023 11:55:00 PM

True blues, Andrea. A Virgo's weakness, tho there'd be subtle hints of betrayals, too much of a dancer, am I. Aloha, William

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 12/17/2023 7:27:00 AM

A wonderful Nonet write. "Good Luck" Have a great day...................

Tom Cunningham

Date: 12/17/2023 12:19:00 AM

You paint a beautiful image with your words Andrea. Tom

Bill Baker

Date: 12/16/2023 9:59:00 PM

Wonderful Nonet, Andrea, the imagery was exquisite, my friend. A FAV for this one! Bill

Quoth Theraven

Date: 12/16/2023 6:25:00 PM

Andrea, What a lovely write - 'Cool blue sky' 'soon to succumb to dusk'. Perfect for my Saturday night. -Richard

Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 12/16/2023 5:17:00 PM

a wonderful creation for the contest. Loved the imagery and flow. I especially liked 'Mauve merges with coral blossoms...a lovely description of a 'cool blue day.' best wishes with the contest, hugs, Sara

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 12/16/2023 11:36:00 AM

- Lovely written, Andrea ...would be beautiful to look at :) - (sorry I don't commets often .... my PC "lives its own life" ... difficult to use ... I need a new one ) - hugs

Silent One

Date: 12/16/2023 11:25:00 AM

Lovely idea for the contest... nice imagery in your nonet..

Paige Hind

Date: 12/16/2023 11:03:00 AM

Lovely... I found myself waiting with you! Enjoyed!

Duke Beaufort

Date: 12/16/2023 10:57:00 AM

There are so many colors and images here that remind me of the facets of a diamond. I think the shape influenced me a bit. But how do I ever look at a diamond the same way? You have some very powerful images that can influence a soul like me. It's all really good!!

Vijay Pandit

Date: 12/16/2023 9:44:00 AM

Coral blossoms--sublimity of sapphire skies--your pen paints a beautiful portrait, Andrea.