Dusk was smoothing breadths of silk
over the lake, watery amethyst fading to gray.
Denise Levertov from A Reward
Definition#276 Dusk
23 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in Dusk Tags: A Reward, Denise Levertov, dusk, over the lake, smoothing breadths of silk, the shore, watery amethyst fading to gray
Definition #16 Prayer
16 Oct 2014 Leave a comment
in Family Tags: Carol Ann Duffy, definition, dusk, I cannot pray, perches in my heart, prayer, someone calls a child's name, the bird sings, the truth flies, they name their loss
Although I cannot
pray, the bird sings, the truth flies –
perches in my heart.
Definition#2 Blue
29 Sep 2014 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: blue mood, blue sky, blue-violet, definition of blue, dusk, indigo, jazz, mountain mist, ocean
Riddle#21 Darkness
18 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: coil, darkness, dusk, etch, eyelids, gentle silhouettes, riddle, shadowed feasts, sings, slow, weathered fetes
Still the darkness sings its song:
Slow, gentle, silhouettes
Etch to dusk, coil o’er eyelids
Shadowed feasts; weathered fetes.
This poem is a response to a prompt from David Harrison:
http://davidlharrison.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/new-challenge-from-j-patrick-lewis/#comment-16430