orange marmalade
watermelon pinks,
lemon yellow
green that stinks
black licorice
some multi-colored flakes,
cover grounds
like snow-cone mistakes
global warming’s
or just nature’s quirk,
delight first time viewers
who grab camera’s that work
so much that’s unreal
we just can‘t conceive,
earth’s wonders
for all to perceive
Author notes
I counted the hyphenated words as two words
50 words
I left out a lot of my usual punctuation on this - felt it read better without all the comma's.
In many parts of the world, snow isn't white. In the alpine regions of Colorado, it is pink - and they say tastes like watermelon! Sometimes the coloring is just a phenomenon of nature, other times it could be volcanic ash in the air. Many times it algae.....
wish I could see the colored snow! how cool!!
A contest entry
- Contest for Vocabulary Groups - by Bear by Arkbear.
650 points, ended December 1, 2008, 5 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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Congrats
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Creativity is how you get my attention Boom....I have nothing to critique here....lovely subject and penned with visuals and movement.....I have no problem without those commas, as your Tone is what I was following
Good luck & God bless,
Bear ~
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Thank you so much Bear - I am pleased you enjoyed this.
Thank you for the Bronze!
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This is cute
Wouldnt it be wonderful if snow came in colors of the rainbow .
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Thanks 'stories' - glad you enjoyed.
Snow does come in colors - this write is factual! I guess it can be seen in almost all of the colors - some due to pollutants in the air, some due to fungae - but I'd kind of like to see a color - just once....lol
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Wow pink watermelon snow! How cool is that
Mind I would be happy with a snowfall that was more than a sprinkle. A fantastic poem hun, you rhymed! Such wonderful imagery you have created, and taught me something I didn't know...pink snow! Awesome write hunni, good luck in your contest
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Thank you LadyD - glad you enjoyed!
Yeah, you know me - I like 'unique' entries....lolol.....and I sure haven't seen 'colored snow' on here before. Wouldn't that be pretty to see, at least once!
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the pic looks like one big marshmellow thats roasted just a little too long over the fire... have only ever seen snow once, so often wonder what it must be like to live within it
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Thanks Rob - it's pretty and COLD, also a real PIA to get out and around in, especially if you end up with 7-8 feet of it!!! But I think the colors are kind of pretty...lol....we've never seen anything but white snow (which is prob. good!!..lolol
glad you enjoyed
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You remind me of "Bill Nye The Science Guy!!!" This is so interesting! I did not know this at all. Some of your poems lately have been so informative Sis...BRAVO! I love this and the pic too.
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Thank you Az - glad you enjoyed.
Yeah, I like 'unique'....lol....like the coffee one
Wouldn't it be neat to look outside and see pink snow???? or green, red, orange, black, yellow?? I guess all the colors have been reported, even multi-colored!
so much we humans don't know yet - isn't that scary?....lolol
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Excellent Write
The way you took this prompt gave pictures of all things you desribe here in this poem. All the best in the contest, Michele
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Thank you 'mountain-woman' - glad you enjoyed.
Probably most of us have never seen anything but white snow. I'm always in shock, MOL, when I realize how very little I know about our planet and life itself.
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Wacky with serious undertones You've taken a serious issue and combined it with levity to make a persuasive statement... Really well done.
Ken
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Thank you 'KayJay' - glad you enjoyed.
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this is a very interesting write that you've got here.. I love it a lot.. I must admit though the last line in the first stanza caused me to bust out laughing.. lol I couldn't help it, I swear, I really really tried to hold it back..*snicker**snicker* I want to see the pink snow too.. I love the watermelon flavored things, especially jolly ranchers never tried pink snow before.. lol
good luck
kat
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Thanks kat - glad you enjoyed.
Some of the articles say that the black stinks, some say the orange smells funny, the yellow - as far as I could tell, no one has tasted that one!!!...lololol
Would that be neat to see? I guess it's red in some areas, too!
wow!
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Well I think that is very creative very nice and it does read well thanks for sharing and good luck in the contest be well.
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Thanks Starz - glad you enjoyed.
I guess my counter was wrong!!!
wouldn't this be neat to see????? I'd love to see the colored snow!
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