Sol begins his breach of the morning
snow-laden clouds that are
huffing out huge hoary flakes
The orb glimmers and glows
pulsating in its climb, barely visible
behind the dense frozen blossoms
Rays burn gold, firing the sky
as the sun begins to crack open the day
White blinding landscape, deeply frosted,
sparkles in sun glints
No prints blemish the brilliant blanket
Falling wet fluff muffles all sound
Nothing stirs
Snow-draped gigantic firs stretch
to the silver-gray sky
Tall sentries,
their green tips cradling frozen crystals, and
evergreen arms laden in ice shards
sway to the rhythm of wintry gusts
Suddenly, the moon sets
and the forest sighs as a sharp
mountain gust blows through
The Steller’s jay chatters, eyeing an awakened
snowshoe hare kicking out of the snow,
while a chickadee sounds its
dee-dee-dee-dee alarm at the intruder
She buckles her snowshoes and silently breaks trail
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
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Beautiful, Andrea! Loved the final line so much and you painted such a magical scene
Oh my, Andrea. This was incredibly amazing. Reading this made all my senses tingle. The words were laid out and chosen wisely, to the point where it was smooth like butter. I love the pace, and I love how I both appreciated winter and experienced it as it was unfolding in your poem. My oh my, I'm speechless. 👏🤗💗
Well-wrought, especially your depiction of the birds and hare! I get the black-capped chickadees in my backyard, and must say they are fiercely territorial. I have a lamp-post for which they fight every spring with the house wrens for nesting. If I'm lucky enough to catch them at it, it's as amusing as a Loony Tune!
Love this! I was swept up in the feelings of this pristine winter morning!!
I love the nearly sterile environment you set up for us before announcing the intruder. Well done!
Your stores are so beautiful written and I love as the chickadee alarms to let Everyone know there’s an intruder, you bring out all the little things very very nice.
So beautifully written…I was taken to that snowy forest…made me shiver
Photo of forest is stunning. I felt the sun rising through your eloquent words and leaned into the world of a new day in those beckoning woods. Thank you
As always another beautiful poem. I especially like this line: “ Suddenly, the moon sets and the forest sighs”
Love the image and your frozen words
beautiful alliterations in this poem - great imagery "Falling wet fluff muffles all sound" lovely line
The imagery of this story is beautiful! I loved this line "No prints blemish the brilliant blanket". Love it! 💌
Both your cover photo and poem are so beautiful! I loved it!
You really know how to evoke the wilds of winter in the great white north, Andi. Love the addition of the jay, hare and chickadee and your cover pic is absolutely spectacular!
What a creative Poem, I really felt like I was there in the mountains, feeling the cold on my skin, hearing that chickadee sound the alarm, well done.
Beautiful words and pictures now I want to go somewhere there's snow and cold.
Oh, this is gorgeous. Such vivid imagery. Well done.
A beautiful poem, Andi!
Beautiful...
Beautiful ❄️🩵
💙 lovely