Stone shoulders wear white
Sifted from a heav’nly hand
Plated perfection
Swirls of butterflies
Kiss rosy, upturned faces
In flaky flurries
Soft and subtle death
Plummets down in powder waves
Life, preserved; still
~~~~~~
(See if you can guess the subject of each)
©2020 Chelsea Owens
Photo Credit: Adam Chang
Chel Owens 
Absolutely beautiful.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you!
LikeLiked by 1 person
What’s snow?
LikeLiked by 1 person
It’s like rain that gets confused and somehow changes color and weight as it falls.
LikeLike
Your words paint pictures. Very nice.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks, Denny!
LikeLike
Sounds like snow to me 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
You snow it! Any guess as to which snow-related things they describe?
LikeLike
Mountains (the peaks), snowflakes… blizzard? At least that’s what I see 😀
LikeLiked by 1 person
Close! I’m impressed you got mountains. Your last one’s off.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Snowdrops finishing their life span for the third?
LikeLiked by 1 person
Nope. Honestly, I’m impressed you got ‘mountains’ before this one.
LikeLike
Perhaps just another guess… stardust, comet trail, rays/waves of the winter sun….or the moonglade on the ocean.
I saw the mountains right away.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Look at “waves” that “plummet… down.” 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
….waterfalls… I’ll look again…
Some images are clearer than others I guess.
Also depends on the time of day one reads…
Brain fog might have played a roll in being blindsided 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh… an avalanche. There’s preservative power there! (duh… powder waves!).
LikeLiked by 1 person
😀 You worried me that I was too obscure!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ah, but I still think it could have been a freezing water fall… I looked in the comments 😉
It does make perfect sense when all the pieces are pointed out. 😀
(Never doubt yourself. Multiple interpretations can be a good thing too!)
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Not enough flakes in this part of the world.. been a very thin snow fall this year.. 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
We’ve had a medium-heavy year.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh lovely and a fun challenge…
I see mountains draped in snow
children or maybe flowers in a light snowfall
and being buried in an avalanche?
close?
LikeLiked by 1 person
*ding* *ding* *ding*
Very good!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I was beaten to the punch! (of course I was – I’m super late)
LikeLiked by 1 person
You can always pretend you didn’t read the comments. 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ah, but then I could have guessed incorrectly, and I wouldn’t want to seem a fool after others had guessed right!
LikeLiked by 1 person
True.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I can feel the snow crunch with this poem Chelsea. Great job! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
❤ Thank you!
LikeLiked by 1 person
You are welcome. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
I hope you check out my blog. 😀
LikeLike
Eloquent.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you.
LikeLike