Tag Archives: Sunset

THE GOLDEN CHANGE OF DIRECTION

Posted on December 20, 2024 by elainedanforth

So good to be walking at sunset.Not too bad a day at all.Better than yesterday, anyway,and there won’t be a day shorter than today– except of course, tomorrow,when the Winter Solstice,the shortest day of the yearoccurs, and the time the … Continue reading →

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THE PATH YOU DO NOT SEE

Posted on April 22, 2017 by elainedanforth

Though you see it not there is a path, and you are on it, with or without shoes or bonnet, and if you wonder where it leads, though at times it knocks you to your knees, trod bravely on, and … Continue reading →

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PINK DECEMBER SKY

Posted on December 30, 2016 by elainedanforth

Startling– the glow flamingo pink up in dusk sky. . . the year’s slink back up from low, one more December day prepares to die, an infant year soon in to ring for which we may yet dream the wherefore … Continue reading →

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WHEN YOU’RE WILLING TO GO THERE

Posted on August 24, 2016 by elainedanforth

When you’re willing to go there, you can also take someone, although the time it takes to persuade another may last a spate from long to middling to fair, and you’ll perhaps, have gone so oft or long, and you … Continue reading →

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SUNDAY– A DAY TO LIVE– IT’S NOW

Posted on July 31, 2016 by elainedanforth

Sunday. . . It’s chill. . . it’s peaceful. . . it is fun– a day to live– it’s now. . . twixt dawn this morn and set this eve– right now. . . if we would pick a day … Continue reading →

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THE SWEETEST SUN OF WINTER

Posted on December 2, 2015 by elainedanforth

There’s nothing so sweet as our sun’s dawn on days of the year when night grows very long– except maybe the following bright morning through the golden afternoon, or the final glimpse of of red daylight when sunset comes around, … Continue reading →

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ALL HAIL THE SETTING SUN

Posted on November 14, 2015 by elainedanforth

All hail the setting autumn sun!– big and orange its last wink, and then its so quick west horizon sink to say its shortening day is done, and we see then that dark and stars prevail, till sun under our … Continue reading →

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LIGHT OF DAY INCHED TO A SLINK

Posted on December 18, 2013 by elainedanforth

The change of light of day has inched down to a slink. . . I feel I barely stand this long deep dark any more without, within. . . but, as luck and life will have it, countdown to the … Continue reading →

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HOPE DWELLS

Posted on January 11, 2013 by elainedanforth

Hope dwells a low streak of light bent across the land as I say goodbye to this embered day, but then finds its new points to rest and shine in the winking stars, though few pierce through loud city lights … Continue reading →

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