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Summer Dawn
by Charles B. Neff → (All Poetry by Charles B. Neff)
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All mornings are beautiful to me. But some transcend and I want to photograph them, bottle them, if I could. But the photos fail to capture the moment and I try words instead, hoping that, when I read them again, the feeling of that perfect morning will return.

              Summer Dawn

 

The morning wakes me,

    An alarm clock of bright energy,

    Startling me into consciousness.

 

The morning takes me

   To the lake,

   Ribboned by rippling breeze.

   To the horizon,

   Ringed in full-leafed green.

   To the mountain,

   Snow-tipped like an arrow

   To the sky,

   Yielding its deep blue

   To a hungry sun.

 

The morning makes me

   For the moment,

   Forget all else,

   To savor this instant.


 

Charles B. Neff

6/5/2013

 

 


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 Reviews of "Summer Dawn"
Reviewed by Linda Hill
Reviewed on June 10, 2013
Charles,

A beautiful morning painted by your talented pen.

Many blessings,
+Linda

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on June 9, 2013
It must be wonderful to wake up to a landscape like that. I must contend with less than half of a suburban backyard. Fortunately, I can still see ducks, geese, hawks and vultures along with numerous other critters that come and go. Sometimes in the evening, a pink sunset thrills me.

Ron

Reviewed by Budd Nelson
Reviewed on June 9, 2013
such a dawn gives us total reviving spirit
budd

Reviewed by David Thompson
Reviewed on June 8, 2013
I like the style you use in this piece, and I love the lines:

To the mountain,
Snow-tipped like an arrow

Great visual effect.

David Lee Thompson


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