Striving to see the white - v4

Striving to see the white - v4

Bright sun overhead, almost blinding,

reflecting, refracting off the ice, the snow,

driving by quickly on the roadways

on the thin ribbon of asphalt

beside the fields, within the forest,

striving to see the white

in all its beauty, its grandeur

to focus, to slow down.

Striving to see the white

to see the snow fully

not merely white, solid,

so many shades of color

of texture, of dimension

snow not a monolith,

monochrome, tonal qualities,

a palette of infinite hues.

Glare in our vision

the sun reflecting off the surfaces

overwhelming synapses,

driving by quickly, too quickly,

striving to see the white

all of its shades, its textures,

offering so much, revealing,

if we only look more closely.

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edited February 1, 2021

Striving to see the white - v4

edited February 1, 2021

Striving to see the white - v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/striving-to-see-white-v3.html

&

edited February 1, 2021

Looking across the valley - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/looking-across-valley-v2.html

February 1, 2021

Looking across the valley

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/looking-across-valley.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1356233398117920769

https://www.nps.gov/kaww/index.htm

https://baxterstatepark.org/

seeing Mount Katahdin from Ash Hill, Route 11, Patten, ME ;

title a nod to LeGrand Cannon, Jr.’s book, Look to the Mountain,

about Mt. Chocorua in NH

&

edited February 1, 2021

Striving to see the white - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/striving-to-see-white-v2.html

February 1, 2021

Striving to see the white

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/striving-to-see-white.html

January 31, 2021

A ribbon of footprints

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-ribbon-of-footprints.html

January 31, 2021

Blown off the ice below

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/blown-off-ice-below.html

January 31, 2021

the black ribbon of the roadway

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-black-ribbon-of-roadway.html

January 31, 2021

A tunnel through the woodlands

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-tunnel-through-woodlands.html

January 31, 2021

Different textures of winter

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/different-textures-of-winter.html

edited January 31, 2021

like sand dunes - v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/like-sand-dunes-v3.html

January 30, 2021

like sand dunes – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/like-sand-dunes-v2.html

January 30, 2021

like sand dunes

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/like-sand-dunes.html

edited, new name January 30, 2021

fields, hills, miles of fondant

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/fields-hills-miles-of-fondant.html

January 30, 2021

miles of fondant

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/miles-of-fondant.html

edited January 30, 2021

gold under the white – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/gold-under-white-v2.html

January 30, 2021

gold under the white

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/gold-under-white.html

January 30, 2021

silting the roadway

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/silting-roadway.html

January 30, 2021

pillows in the branches

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/pillows-in-branches.html

January 30, 2021

so many textures

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/so-many-textures.html

Patten to Houlton to Presque Isle to Patten again

edited December 15, 2015

&

Smell of Snow – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/smell-of-snow-v4.html

(merging edits to version 3 and version 2)

edited December 9, 2015

Smell of Snow – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/smell-of-snow-v3.html

(editing original)

Edited November 28, 2012

“Smell of Snow – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/smell-of-snow-v2.html

Friday, December 03, 2004 8:27

“Smell of Snow”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/12/smell-of-snow.html

and other poems

December 1, 2012

like sprinkled sugar

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/12/like-sprinkled-sugar.html

&

edited December 9, 2015

Snow in the Air – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/snow-in-air-v6.html

(editing original)

edited November 27, 2015

Snow in the Air – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/snow-in-air-v5.html

(merging edits to original and version 4)

edited November 22, 2015

Snow in the air – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/snow-in-air-v4.html

(editing original)

Edited August 3, 2013

“Snow in the Air – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/snow-in-air-v3.html

(editing original)

Edited September 20, 2012

“Snow in the Air – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/snow-in-air-v2.html

December 30, 2006 12:08

“Snow in the Air”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/12/snow-in-air.html

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