Poems About Dawn Seeking Honest Critique
#dawn
Within You Lies the Sun
Creature in the cave, come out
morning's bright and fresh
and you are loved
Suckle on the nectar
oh, the sweet lavender...
After the rain
Creature, creature
the night tore your paws
and shook your soul
you were made in daylight
for the world to rejoice
you weren't meant
to know the tremble
of weary, worn in bones
Your home knew no pity
so you ran into the dark
creature, creature...
You were made for the light
So come softly to my hand
let me hold you in the sun ...
morning's bright and fresh
and you are loved
Suckle on the nectar
oh, the sweet lavender...
After the rain
Creature, creature
the night tore your paws
and shook your soul
you were made in daylight
for the world to rejoice
you weren't meant
to know the tremble
of weary, worn in bones
Your home knew no pity
so you ran into the dark
creature, creature...
You were made for the light
So come softly to my hand
let me hold you in the sun ...
#hope
#abuse
#sun
#TimeHeals
#dawn
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To ride the wave I go (NaPoWriMo 2022 #14)
Sometimes,
I stay awake
all through the night,
fulfilling a self-sworn oath
in an attempt to outlast
my insomnia.
I stay awake
not to watch the dawn
crest the morning
as it crashes light onto the darkness,
but to stretch out a day
into another one
in stubborn defiance
of convention.
Then usually
in the following evening
my mind starts to wander
and eyelids gain weight
enough for anchoring
my sleep pattern to the normal
for a good while,
before the Hydra roars with another head ...
I stay awake
all through the night,
fulfilling a self-sworn oath
in an attempt to outlast
my insomnia.
I stay awake
not to watch the dawn
crest the morning
as it crashes light onto the darkness,
but to stretch out a day
into another one
in stubborn defiance
of convention.
Then usually
in the following evening
my mind starts to wander
and eyelids gain weight
enough for anchoring
my sleep pattern to the normal
for a good while,
before the Hydra roars with another head ...
#dreams
#night
#sleep #dawn
#sleep #dawn
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Evanescence
Wispy, whispered clouds crawl
lazily across retreating midnight
as if they, from fleeting experience
know nothing will last forever.
Sublime sun’s shine awakens
boldly beneath the sleeping horizon
as if he, from steadfast observation
believes he will be the one to persist.
But the munificent moon just smiles
kindly across the morning divide
as if she, from gathered wisdom
has learned the clouds are right.
lazily across retreating midnight
as if they, from fleeting experience
know nothing will last forever.
Sublime sun’s shine awakens
boldly beneath the sleeping horizon
as if he, from steadfast observation
believes he will be the one to persist.
But the munificent moon just smiles
kindly across the morning divide
as if she, from gathered wisdom
has learned the clouds are right.
#sun
#moon
#sky
#nature
#dawn
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Amongst The Quiet Of A Moorland Peace
Amongst the quiet of our moorland peace,
In the misty still softness, therein found;
There is, over eeriness, heard a sound,
A feint cantata of sonant release.
No lamb of god draped in her woollen fleece,
No canine whimper of a monster hound;
Nor subterranean creature underground
But a haunting luring, that fails to cease.
A moorland siren so sweetly voicing,
Singing, heavenly ~ outright, loud and clear
Filling daytime waves with a tender song.
Of sweet resonance, wide and rejoicing,
Floating gracefully in the wind...
In the misty still softness, therein found;
There is, over eeriness, heard a sound,
A feint cantata of sonant release.
No lamb of god draped in her woollen fleece,
No canine whimper of a monster hound;
Nor subterranean creature underground
But a haunting luring, that fails to cease.
A moorland siren so sweetly voicing,
Singing, heavenly ~ outright, loud and clear
Filling daytime waves with a tender song.
Of sweet resonance, wide and rejoicing,
Floating gracefully in the wind...
#morning
#dawn
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How Kind, The Morning
The morning is kind to me when I awaken
She dallies in waiting till I first peep my eyes
As one is half open and t'other half closed
Yet, both can detect her fresh, golden grin.
"Stay away darkness!" she seemingly says
"At least for now, let me take my turn"
So, darkness agrees and sleeps for a while
And the morning is grateful and laughs with the sun.
As the deer in the meadow bound for the woods
(The cover of darkness now is forfeit)
For, the trespassing deer are really quite shy
And morning has stalked them, back to their...
She dallies in waiting till I first peep my eyes
As one is half open and t'other half closed
Yet, both can detect her fresh, golden grin.
"Stay away darkness!" she seemingly says
"At least for now, let me take my turn"
So, darkness agrees and sleeps for a while
And the morning is grateful and laughs with the sun.
As the deer in the meadow bound for the woods
(The cover of darkness now is forfeit)
For, the trespassing deer are really quite shy
And morning has stalked them, back to their...
#morning
#dawn
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gentle day
finessing the day she opens to me with a smile
I caress my thoughts knowing sadness is among them
what a beautiful feeling...sorrow
it reminds me of my humanity
and makes happiness shine even more brightly
wow, I feel good today
the sun is glowing, the sky blue and the flowers free
if I can count on nothing else
I can believe in nature
truth is found in her
I seduce the day making love to the air
sending my energy out
I have enough happiness to share
encourage each other
listen to the people around you ...
I caress my thoughts knowing sadness is among them
what a beautiful feeling...sorrow
it reminds me of my humanity
and makes happiness shine even more brightly
wow, I feel good today
the sun is glowing, the sky blue and the flowers free
if I can count on nothing else
I can believe in nature
truth is found in her
I seduce the day making love to the air
sending my energy out
I have enough happiness to share
encourage each other
listen to the people around you ...
#beauty
#nature
#dawn
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Black Baccara Colored Glasses
And so the light of day
Is the death of romance
That flourished
In the creeping black
Of a moonless midnight
Dying slow
Crawling towards
The acid bath
Of a noon day sun
From which
My eyes
Rolled back
Towards the place
Where love sprouted
To push up towards
The promised land
But here
On terra firma
I find promise
Hollow
I mistook
Pain today
For hope
Tomorrow
I indulged
My rage
A bitter wine
Most...
Is the death of romance
That flourished
In the creeping black
Of a moonless midnight
Dying slow
Crawling towards
The acid bath
Of a noon day sun
From which
My eyes
Rolled back
Towards the place
Where love sprouted
To push up towards
The promised land
But here
On terra firma
I find promise
Hollow
I mistook
Pain today
For hope
Tomorrow
I indulged
My rage
A bitter wine
Most...
#love
#death
#rose
#graveyard
#dawn
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Bat
Saw a bat embroidered
on a flat line,
her lace as fragile
as the feminine in me,
wonder if she wishes her call
was a truer battle cry,
her wings could widen to dragonscale,
her caves as deep and rich
as American cities,
if she'd want to exist
in American cities,
wonder if she knows
the river by heart,
beats within her chest
as a metronome,
wonder if she wishes
she was something else,
adores the gathered cattle
resting in predawn, wanting
to see the day through their eyes,
or a few days,
or...
on a flat line,
her lace as fragile
as the feminine in me,
wonder if she wishes her call
was a truer battle cry,
her wings could widen to dragonscale,
her caves as deep and rich
as American cities,
if she'd want to exist
in American cities,
wonder if she knows
the river by heart,
beats within her chest
as a metronome,
wonder if she wishes
she was something else,
adores the gathered cattle
resting in predawn, wanting
to see the day through their eyes,
or a few days,
or...
#night
#nature
#dawn
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immortal
subtle notes of hurt rose from within
I could hear the melody play
but I couldn't feel the pain
tears stream down my face
I couldn't connect
a melancholy vision overtook my soul
I wander through the streets unknown
keening for a love loss I don't recall
still, I feel like a part of me is missing
with an ache so great
I tremble within
I look to the beauty of the world
and I feel locked out
its beauty is for some, not for me
loneliness is my companion
he wanders with me
searching for what I...
I could hear the melody play
but I couldn't feel the pain
tears stream down my face
I couldn't connect
a melancholy vision overtook my soul
I wander through the streets unknown
keening for a love loss I don't recall
still, I feel like a part of me is missing
with an ache so great
I tremble within
I look to the beauty of the world
and I feel locked out
its beauty is for some, not for me
loneliness is my companion
he wanders with me
searching for what I...
#love
#beauty
#dawn
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The Owl Doesn't Know
There is an owl outside my window
Late at night when I can't sleep
Or early in the morning I hear their call
It seems so sorrowful to my ears
And at times it seems so urgent
I do not know why the owl calls
I simply know that they do each night
There's something haunting about it
And it echoes deep in my mind as I sleep
Dreams of owls flying silently through the woods
The hanging moss swaying as they pass
Light from the moon reflecting off their wings
I hope I spend years listening to them speak
And the owl doesn't know that I'm...
Late at night when I can't sleep
Or early in the morning I hear their call
It seems so sorrowful to my ears
And at times it seems so urgent
I do not know why the owl calls
I simply know that they do each night
There's something haunting about it
And it echoes deep in my mind as I sleep
Dreams of owls flying silently through the woods
The hanging moss swaying as they pass
Light from the moon reflecting off their wings
I hope I spend years listening to them speak
And the owl doesn't know that I'm...
#loneliness
#night
#nature #dawn
#nature #dawn
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sunrise
i begged the morning
for a bright and splendid day
then i saw your smile
© Copyright 2021 November 05
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
for a bright and splendid day
then i saw your smile
© Copyright 2021 November 05
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
#nature
#haiku
#dawn
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Do we ever stop running away…
#morning
#music
#MentalHealth
#myself
#dawn
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DU Poetry : Poems About Dawn Seeking Honest Critique