Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Sky Canvas

Morning reaches out of darkness
hovers on the horizon
graces sky with light.

In that moment I am the dawn
that breaks open night.

Sky a blush of pink
streaked clouds burned onto
pale gray canvas.

Shades of color blend
light bends and shoots
between crooked evergreens.

In that moment I am the sun
etched on eternity.

Then the giant glides higher
becomes too bright
for mere mortal spheres.

© 2012 Joanne Elliott

13 comments:

  1. morning is a great time of the day

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  2. oh i can feel this joanne - i'm such a morning person...a bike ride into a new morning and i start to sing...even if it's just about 5 a.m.. smiles...thanks for bringing the sun and colors to us..

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  3. oh how I liked this line Joanna - "In that moment I am the dawn
    that breaks open night." - wonderfully existential, intended or not, it's let me merrily trip off into breaking down the idea into a variety of ideas - great reading this on dVerse! OT

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  4. Wonderful and vivid and also, poetic description of the sun! Lovely.

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  5. nice...great visuals...i am the dawn is a great line....we can be the light...love all your colors....

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  6. I love the colours in this too...the dawn bringing new hope...very spiritual and profound..'In that moment I am the sun etched on eternity.' ...

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  7. For many years I worked in a profession where I was up before dawn and got to see that transition each day, that really rather mystical time, when "..Shades of color blend/light bends and shoots..." I miss it--thank you for recreating it most vividly here for me to enjoy.

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  8. How beautiful are your words of the morning. It is my fav part of the day; and the time when my muse comes.

    Love this ~

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  9. Really enjoyed the imagery and I felt your use of colour was excellent in this poem.

    Great work here.

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  10. To be that alive in the morning...Love to see it, but need my coffee. Beautiful description.

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  11. A beautiful poem about the intensity of the morning and a poet's rising!

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  12. Lovely poem....love this....In that moment I am the sun
    etched on eternity.

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