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Topic: Day and Night (07/10/14)
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TITLE: Sunset to sunrise | Previous Challenge Entry
By Ellen Carr
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as day fades into night.
From hidden burrows creatures emerge
scampering in anonymity.
Daylings scurry homeward
seeking shelter and rest.
Starlings soften their chatter,
dispersing from telephone wires.
Darkness takes hold,
dispelling lingering light.
Silhouetted shapes merge
into background black.
The night has come and stolen the sights,
stripped colour from the world,
turned images to shadows,
dampened warmth with chill.
While nightlings run amok
in dark-cloaked abandon,
daylings recompose in sleep,
as the night slips away.
'Til morning creeps at last
up from the east,
Pinking the clouds,
stretching shadows long.
Its momentary peace,
with nightlings nested,
daylings still abed,
is but temporary pause.
For from their repose
rise every type
of God-made creatures
to meet and greet the day.
The sun is up and lights the world.
It calls for movement,
sets the day in motion,
bids all day-life go.
Day has triumphed over darkness.
Light has set the world aglow.
God's created place is pulsing,
living, revelling in day.
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Your poem just struck a good note in me.
Because I really don't understand a great deal about critiquing poetry, I will just leave it at I liked it and don't know why.
That will probably leave you wondering what type of idiot would take the time to comment on something that he really doesn't know why.
It is like looking at an art piece and not knowing why you like it, but you do. Take that to the bank and keep writing. Ha!
God bless~