ODE TO A SUNRISE

           [Photos Source and Credit: Dave Wagenblatt   dave@getgrandresults.com ]
{These beautiful photos of Nature's Sunrise were taken in Grand Lake, Oklahoma, by Dave Wagenblatt, and are posted here for your viewing  enjoyment.  Dave is a Family member.  Thank You Dave for sharing your LOVE of SUNRISEs!  dht}

(8 DEC 2011 -   With the Birth of a New Day, one has but to look to the Sun Rise over the eastern Horizon to feel its Blessings and to somehow have the myriad tangle of emotions soothed.  dht) 

The other worldliness of daytime's shrubbery engenders an eerie ire for those who would brave a stroll -- as Nature assumes its nightly cloak.

There is a cautious stillness that accompanies one's shallow breath while perambulating around the neighborhood.

The only audible sounds – those of ducks and birds at their evening ablutions.

My Spirit proffers an inaudible reply to Nature's call for "Taps," as the sinking sun slips into slumber.

The soft breeze, rustling in the leaves of the Oak Trees, gives a final fare-thee-well.

The "storms" of the day find their rest, and a quiet mood settles down upon the Land.

The night holds the land in quiet slumber.

The night is black – silver threads of moonlight tease the shadows to a melodious serenade.

All too soon, the new dawn will awaken – as the stars that held vigil through the night, begin to fade, yielding their tour to the sunrise's hint of color across a morning's eastern horizon.

[Dorothy Hazel Tarr - 2011]

EVEN SONG

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(17 Nov 2011 -- One of my favorite times to take a stroll is in the evening after the day's demands are through.  The evening sights and sounds are emotionally nourishing and help untangle my thoughts and unravel my stress.  The wildness of Nature, the Mystery of its creatures, the panoramic beauty of the Lincoln Hills nestled to the Sierras – sets the day's events into perspective as the land stretches from the Delta Vales to the Sierras in as series of wetland course ways.  I'm truly Blessed to be alive and vertical.  dht)

As I walk during the last rays of daylight, the sky is alive with colored hues on horizon's clouds.

The evening is soft and cool – sounds are muted and distant with only the sky birds in the wild grasses.

There is magic in the starlit sky with a bright moon trading shadows as I walk along their prominence.

The colors on the horizon are gone now – replaced by the shades of night.

The sky no longer holds even the memories of Sunset.

The moon commands the celestial symphony, the stars twinkle in delight – at the music of the night.

The land slumbers peacefully now – under a blanket of Even Stars.

[Dorothy Hazel Tarr - 2011]

JUST DREAMS -- Emily

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(11 Jul 2011 -- WELL, like most of my maternal Cousin Emily's poems, this is short, but rich in depth of meaning, as she describes that 'perfect dream' that upon waking, we do NOT want to END.  I have had many of these and recall pushing aside the call of revelry to AWAKE in pursuit of just a few more moments of that 'perfect dream'.  dht-2011) 

  

Let me not mar that perfect Dream

By an Auroral stain

But so adjust my daily Night

That it will come again.

Not when we know, the Power accosts --

The Garment of Surprise

Was all our timid Mother wore

At Home -- in Paradise.

[Poem #1335 by Emily Elizabeth Dickinson ]

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(I always have to have a dictionary handy when I read Cousin Emily's poetry and writings. Emily was truly a gifted writer and always had a dictionary at hand when she wrote. She loved weaving thoughts into the written word.  Below is a brief definition of one of the words she used in the above poem, that I had to look up to check on the meaning as she used it in this poem.   dht-2011)

Def: Auroral
Adj.

1.  auroral -

     of or relating to the atmospheric

     phenomenon auroras;          

     a prominent green line in the spectrum
     of the auroras is called the `auroral line'.

2. auroral -

    characteristic of the dawn; "a dim auroral glow".)

 

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