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November 27, 2023

"Winter Sonata" Premiere Poetry Contest

Sponsor: JCB Brul

Seventh Place

"Your Choice" Poetry Contest

Sponsor: Brian Strand

It’s snowing ….incandescent, luminescent, Silvery snow, whispering dreams of rejuvenation... Air misty, breeze calm, serene! Do I see the divine Star, which directed the wise men To a stable on an enchanting evening of starry twilight ... Winter in sublime aura, orchestrating a sonata of Harmony, poise, grace, artistry! Sights through my window-panes are blurred! Rooftops getting blanketed with white shimmering laces! Treetops beautifully embellished with silver ornaments, Grasses caressed by the softest drizzle of snow! Magnificent Willow stands in silent prayer, Calm and composed, so does the unruffled Evergreen, Stretching its arms in thankfulness, Decked with shimmering snow-pellets, Gleaming and glistening as the countless stars are, In the absolute darkness of the magnanimous cosmos, Majestic jewellery adorned. Tranquil, serene, noiseless, moonlit nights, Mesmerizing snow, falling uninterrupted, unhindered, Envelop with cadence the entire universe around me. I glimpse a life of multi-coloured hues, In every snowflake I behold, The inspiring dreams, the fervent hopes, The intense ebullience, the solitary woes - For ever crystallized. Winter creates It's very best composition! I am lost in dance... Softly to the hypnotic rhythm of the sonata!

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Silent One

Date: 12/15/2023 2:26:00 PM

A poem full of imagery...Congratulations on your placement

Jcb Brul

Date: 12/14/2023 4:09:00 PM

This dainty poem offers a serenading serenity that can reach mountains and seas. Congratulations dear Mala.

Malabika Ray Choudhury
Date: 12/15/2023 7:56:00 AM

Dear JCB, I am very honoured! Your contests have wonderful themes - these are my humble attempts!

Ink Empress

Date: 12/14/2023 7:08:00 AM

This is soulfully divine and flows with such vivid and mellifluous imageryX I absolutely love the opening and also how you’ve gone so descriptive using words that fit the theme of the prompt so eloquently: pleasure reading this. Congratulations on your win in winter sonata contest.

Malabika Ray Choudhury
Date: 12/15/2023 8:00:00 AM

Thank you so much, Dear Ink. Your brilliant poems and your kind words are truly inspiring to me. These are my humble attempts in my journey - even after a few years of writing poetry, I doubt if I am really a poet! Love and Hugs, Sweet and Talented Friend ~

Sam Kauffman

Date: 12/1/2023 7:36:00 PM

Dearest Mala, this is just majestic as the snow covered evergreen and gracefully dancing willow. You can tell this comes from a poet clearly familiar with the mesmerizing effects of watching the snow fall for you have transcribed the experience into a poem of serene grace! I feel like I am standing at the window with you on Christmas Eve watching the snow fall, waiting for the star and the Wise Men. Wonderfully composed, dear friend. Best wishes for the contest. Blessings! Hugs! Love!

Malabika Ray Choudhury
Date: 12/2/2023 2:04:00 PM

Dear Sam, Your comments are so profound and deep as your poems are! I live in a snowy country where I did not grow up. But I have fallen in love with the mesmerizing natural beauty, and snow always charm me like nothing else. Some nights I spend sitting beside the window watching snow falling, and the entire surrounding, the trees, the grasses, the roofs - getting covered! That is a surreal beauty! Thank you so much for reading my poems - my heart gets filled up with joy and a great sense of being blessed! Merry Christmas to you and everyone you love! Love and Hugs~

Christina Bowring

Date: 11/30/2023 3:41:00 PM

Gosh my dear, sweet Mala this is breathtakingly stunning and I feel one of your best ones I’ve read so far. So, so exquisitely poetic line after line. Totally agree with SO and Sara. Just magical like the snow! Even the title is wonderful. ‘ white shimmering laces’ ‘ softest drizzle of snow’ for ever crystallized’. Wow - how creative is that! I’m in awe sweet one. Good luck in the contest. A winner for me and it has to be a fav into my list! Love, hugs, admiration! Xx

Malabika Ray Choudhury
Date: 12/1/2023 3:25:00 PM

Dear Christina, My sweetest friend, reading your kindest, thoughtful, awesome comment, I am in cloud nine! Am I not fortunate to have you, such a loving and talented friend and support? Our site is a great place to be - with you and other gifted poets! Wish I had the wealth of vocabulary, and excellent hold on images and metaphors same as you do! You guys are brilliant! Thank you so much, Dear Poetess - love and hugs ~

Silent One

Date: 11/28/2023 12:24:00 PM

love the poetic techniques in this one and such an excellent vocabulary used in this poem.. so many great sentences.. especially the opening verses....this will do really well in the contest..

Malabika Ray Choudhury
Date: 11/28/2023 1:05:00 PM

Thank you, Dear SO. Your comments are so much appreciated! In Canada, snowfall is sometimes a surreal experience!

Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 11/27/2023 4:52:00 PM

oh, how beautifully you've described falling snow. I love how you expressed how it enveloped the world, silent and serene. Great imagery. Have to fave this one, hugs, Sara

Malabika Ray Choudhury
Date: 11/27/2023 6:31:00 PM

Dear Sara, I live in Canada, although I did not grow up here. Canadian winter is quite harsh, but I have fallen in love with Nature - including snow - in this country. I feel mesmerized when watching snow, and think that as a most beautiful sight in the world! To your Faves?! I am so honoured, Dear Friend! Love and Hugs ~ Mala

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 11/27/2023 4:31:00 PM

Hello Mala, snow. snow has come today. It was just a light cover. tomorrow it will snow. I guess we were due for the snow. We were lucky not to have it earlier. Hugs. Mala. Love & Friendship, /Darlene/

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 11/28/2023 3:30:00 PM

Hello Mala, It snowed last night. It also snowed today. Aitumn was short. Yews I do think you are right a long winter is coming. I hope all is well with you. Have a good evening my sweet friend. Love & Friendship, ./Darlene/

Malabika Ray Choudhury
Date: 11/27/2023 4:36:00 PM

Dear Darlene, It has lightly snowed today. Is it coming tomorrow? Stay safe, Darlene. Long winter is coming! Glad to hear from you, Sweet Friend. Love and Friendship~

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 11/27/2023 4:24:00 PM

- The snow came with silence and beauty in the midnight hour tonight ... not romantic ... but cold ... but in our poems and dreams most things can happen ... a beautiful poem, Mala :) - Best wishes in the contest : ) - hugs

Malabika Ray Choudhury
Date: 11/27/2023 4:30:00 PM

Dear Anne-Lise, has it already snowed there? It hasn’t yet in my place - you are right, it’s cold, but we view our surroundings with imagination and admiration! That’s the privilege of being a poet (I am still not comfortable calling myself a “Poet”!) Love ~

Tom Woody

Date: 11/27/2023 3:56:00 PM

The beauty of winter, poetically expressed. Brrrrr...

Malabika Ray Choudhury
Date: 11/27/2023 4:20:00 PM

Thank you so much, Tom! I live in Canada - winter is really harsh here, but I love to watch, especially the trees covered with snowflakes!

Paige Hind

Date: 11/27/2023 3:40:00 PM

This was very kind, if a poem can be that. I enjoyed reading! :)

Malabika Ray Choudhury
Date: 11/27/2023 4:18:00 PM

Thank you so much! I am so delighted that you enjoyed the poem!