White

A flock of clouds drifted through the sky as trumpet-shaped lilies perfumed that perfect Easter Day when in her baptismal gown she was buried in pristine water and made pure again

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Anuradha Sowmyanarayanan

Date: 6/1/2025 11:10:00 PM

Congratulations

Craig Cornish

Date: 5/31/2025 12:21:00 PM

A well deserved first Andrea - crisp white!

Sotto Poet

Date: 5/31/2025 6:59:00 AM

Congratulations on this great trophy winner, enjoyed reading your wonderful poem

Regina Mcintosh

Date: 5/31/2025 3:46:00 AM

Oh, beautiful. I just love this. God bless you and congrats on first place :) Love, Gina

Len Gasun

Date: 5/30/2025 10:51:00 PM

Warmest Congrats on your well-deserved top win on this wonderful "white write/poem" my dear poet friend, Andrea! Cheers! Thanks for sharing. God bless you always and your poetry. Hugs

Krishnanand Guptar

Date: 5/30/2025 11:40:00 AM

Heartiest Congratulations dear poetess on your top win with a stunning short poem expressing purification through baptism where burying in water is symbolical, presumably deemed to mean the process of sprinkling of water. Wish you a lovely weekend.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 5/30/2025 12:16:00 PM

Thank you but I believe in being fully immersed in baptismal water

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 5/30/2025 9:40:00 AM

Congratulations on your win. I enjoyed reading your wonderful "White" write. Have a blessed day with your win.......

Unseeking Seeker

Date: 5/30/2025 8:39:00 AM

Stunningly beautiful though tragic. Warmest congratulations on your top win, Andrea

CayCay Jennings

Date: 5/29/2025 2:40:00 PM

Congratulations - this is beautiful! CayCay

Charlotte Puddifoot

Date: 5/28/2025 5:29:00 AM

this poem perfectly captures white; a tranquil portrayal of the colour...thx for my placement in your haiku contest :)

Paige Hind

Date: 5/27/2025 2:42:00 PM

Lovely images-

Joe Dimino

Date: 5/26/2025 12:55:00 PM

Heartbreaking...touching write. Life can be unforgivably cruel. We may forgive Fate...but the hurt lingering tells a different undeniable.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 5/26/2025 12:57:00 PM

I think you didn't read the last line!

Ink Empress

Date: 5/26/2025 11:34:00 AM

Such purity, the end, dear sweet andrea, you have a way with words, i really love the line "as trumpet-shaped lilies perfumed that perfect Easter Day" i feel like theres a story within there. Which is deep and emotive and you delivered it in such a picturesque manner: pleasure always reading you! Sending you light

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 5/26/2025 12:31:00 PM

Thanks. I loved this challenge. Nette usually has really good ones

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 5/26/2025 10:25:00 AM

You display great sentiments and emotions in such a short but meaningful poem.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 5/26/2025 12:43:00 PM

Thanks, Victor

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 5/26/2025 9:08:00 AM

- White – as a blank canvas ... purity, a new start or a new beginning .... which can again remind us of the Easter message, Andrea :) - hugs

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 5/26/2025 12:43:00 PM

Thanks so much

Susan Ashley

Date: 5/26/2025 8:07:00 AM

Dear Andrea, you capture the physical, spiritual and ritual aspects of the color "white" with amazing imagery, depth and poetic finesse. Your golden pen shines! Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 5/26/2025 12:39:00 PM

Thanks. You really got what I was going for.

Silent One

Date: 5/26/2025 8:03:00 AM

Sounds like an Easter memory for you Andrea..

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 5/26/2025 12:30:00 PM

No. Just made up. For me, white symbolizes purity