red sunset turning to mauve, to plum – v3

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

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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 1^st 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

 

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