SUNSET
Twilight is upon us
Shadows of trees have elongated
Lightness has thinned out
Dark inkiness has crept in
The excited birds are winging
Homeward talking nineteen to the dozen
The sky is all streaked up and tinted
Oranges, yellows, ochres, pale reds
All flowing into one another
Colored by a dying sun
Blue skies dotted with white clouds
Have long since vanished
Now only a golden touch remains
Like icing on a huge cake
On treetops, housetops, mountaintops
The sun is preparing to call it a day
And has now pulled up the bedcovers
of the horizon and the ocean all around its body
And only its forehead is visible
The sea has stopped shimmering
And now, is preparing to play
to the tune of a rising moon
Stripped of its gold finery
It has now donned silver threads
Having changed masters
The hordes of worshippers of the dying sun
now make obesaince and a wish
before it dips into Oblivion
Reappearing Houdinilike
In another continent as
SUNRISE!!!!
The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.
Pamela Hansford Johnson
English, Critic Quotes
Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.
John Lubbock
British, Statesman Quotes
When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
Mohandas Gandhi
Indian, Leader Quotes
There is nothing is more musical than a sunset. He who feels what he sees will find no more
beautiful example of development in all that book which, alas, musicians read but too little
- the book of Nature.
Claude Debussy
French, Composer Quotes
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
Rabindranath Tagore
Indian, Poet Quotes
It was a rich and gorgeous sunset - an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was
reflected from some extensive pools of water among the shadowy copses in the meadow below.
Francis Parkman
American, Historian Quotes
Originally Published: September 14, 2007
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Winter Commute
Cold crisp air makes my knuckles blue
Automatically I curl up within myself
And my coat, trying to push my neck
Inwards like a tortoise, husbanding my warmth
A shiver passes rapidly like an electric current
My feet suddenly feel cold and calumny
I pull my collar close and button up tight
Hanging on to all the coziness that is to be had
Curls of wispy breaths rise and fly away
My nose turns red and is dry no more
My eyes give company and get weepy as well
My being clamors for a hot cup of anything!
The commute is long and dreary
Home seems far, far away
But it beckons invitingly as I hasten to it
Chasing my blues with a song in my heart
Originally Published: October 29, 2003
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Periwinkle
Periwinkle skies stretching endlessly
Boast splashes of white hither n thither
The sun shines bright and golden
Making the garden flowers take notice
Side walkers sporting colorful threads
Enjoy this lovely day, longtime in coming
My heart jumps up and I want to sing
Gather daisies that are there for the having
Periwinkle waters shimmer in waves of gold
Letting boats ride over it fast n furious
Periwinkle skies stretching endlessly
Herald summer longtime in coming
Now cold winter goes into hibernation
Finally, neither mourned nor missed!
Originally Published: April 27, 2003
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