At Dawn
The dawn is right for dying
when the garden glistens in the dew,
or frosty hung with ice.
It matters not the time of year,
but dying is right for the dawn,
the beginning of a day.
No matter how death comes,
or on which day of life,
but it needs to come at dawn.
Let the fog of sleep surround
and still your heart
just at dawn.
Then awake to that new day
beyond this mortal world
to see with fresh eyes the dawn.
When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Thirty-fifth President of the USA
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| Oh hell | 0 | 11/12/2012 |
| an unpaired sock | 0 | 01/22/2012 |
| This Time (a kyrielle) | 0 | 01/22/2012 |
| Moment | 1 | 01/19/2012 |
| A path less painful | 1 | 01/12/2012 |
| A Comedy of Couplets | 1 | 01/12/2012 |
| Mutilations | 0 | 12/31/2011 |
| a story book | 0 | 12/30/2011 |
| wink | 0 | 12/05/2011 |
| Veteran’s Day | 0 | 11/25/2011 |
| wink | 0 | 11/18/2011 |
| emptiness | 0 | 11/07/2011 |
| Beyond the dawn | 1 | 10/08/2011 |
| in a moment | 0 | 10/08/2011 |
| faith | 0 | 08/13/2011 |
| Shiloh | 0 | 08/13/2011 |
| Potential | 0 | 08/12/2011 |
| potential | 0 | 08/12/2011 |
| Confusion | 0 | 07/29/2011 |
| I’d Rather | 0 | 08/20/2010 |
| Dawn or Dusk? | 1 | 08/10/2010 |
| In you | 0 | 06/26/2010 |
| alone in a garden | 0 | 12/03/2009 |
| I have loved | 1 | 11/29/2009 |
| If we would see... | 0 | 11/29/2009 |
| Hunter's Moon | 0 | 11/29/2009 |
| De la Mancha | 0 | 08/29/2009 |
| Anadromous Politickles | 0 | 08/24/2009 |
| Red Sonja (Rondel) | 0 | 08/14/2009 |
| Without tomorrow | 0 | 08/07/2009 |
| If we would see... | 1 | 08/06/2009 |
| Ape House | 1 | 07/30/2009 |
| Remember Me | 1 | 07/30/2009 |
| a story book | 1 | 07/28/2009 |
| A promised verse | 2 | 07/23/2009 |
| gratitude | 0 | 07/16/2009 |
| Gallows Tree | 0 | 07/13/2009 |
| emptiness | 0 | 07/09/2009 |
| A path less painful | 1 | 07/04/2009 |
| Couplet | 0 | 07/04/2009 |
| Does it care? | 0 | 07/02/2009 |
| faith | 0 | 07/01/2009 |
| Dreamer | 1 | 06/30/2009 |
| At Dawn | 0 | 06/21/2009 |
| It speaks… | 2 | 06/17/2009 |
| Just Me | 1 | 06/13/2009 |
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