At work, on the register, in this moment,
unable to leave, to journey,
to find that perfect place to witness
the changing from day to night,
the wonder of the sky.
Ablaze, burning, scorched,
remnants of the fires, hazy,
capturing a moment, a lifetime,
stopping just for an instant,
running across the street.
Sky a canvas, the dome,
catching a glimpse only, before fading,
running out to meet it, to greet,
red sunset turning to mauve, to plum,
color growing ever deeper.
Fading of the light, its dying,
longing to remember, to capture,
the sun’s last brightness
the quickening of the night
growing ever deeper still.
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edited August 22, 2021
red sunset turning to mauve, to plum – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/08/red-sunset-turning-to-mauve-to-plum-v3.html
edited August 21, 2021
red sunset turning to mauve, to plum – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/08/red-sky-turning-to-mauve-to-plum-v2.html
August 21, 2021
red sunset turning to mauve, to plum
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/08/red-sunset-turning-to-mauve-to-plum.html
edited
March 9, 2021
bands
of plum, of amethysts - v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/bands-of-plum-of-amethysts-v5.html
edited
March 8, 2021
bands
of plum, of amethysts - v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/bands-of-plum-of-amethysts-v4.html
edited
March 8, 2021
bands
of plum, of amethysts - v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/bands-of-plum-of-amethysts-v3.html
edited
March 8, 2021
bands
of plum, of amethysts - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/bands-of-plum-of-amethysts-v2.html
March
7, 2021
bands
of plum, of amethysts
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/bands-of-plum-of-amethysts.html
&
edited March 21, 2021
Apricot and Periwinkle - v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/apricot-and-periwinkle-v6.html
edited May 5, 2018
Apricot and Periwinkle – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/05/apricot-and-periwinkle-v5.html
(editing version 4, adding 1st stanza)
edited September 28, 2017
Apricot and Periwinkle – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/apricot-and-periwinkle-v4.html
edited January 18, 2016
Apricot and Periwinkle – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/apricot-and-periwinkle-v3.html
(merging edits to version 2 and original)
edited June 21, 2014
Apricot and Periwinkle – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/apricot-and-periwinkle-v2.html
Written 8/28/00 at 10:20 at night
Apricot and Periwinkle
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/sunset-seeing-colors.html
Written 8/28/00 at 10:20 at night
Swain’s Lake, Barrington, NH
poem,
poetry, color, light, sunset, darkness, beauty, nature, night, day, dusk,
twilight, God, creation, sky,
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