HAIKU
Sleepy birds singing
muted bedtime lullabies
as the sun goes down
3/18/90 Phyllis VanVleck
Posted in Animals, haiku, Nature, Poetry, tagged birds, singing, Sleepy, sunset on Tuesday,June 16, 2009| Leave a Comment »
HAIKU
Sleepy birds singing
muted bedtime lullabies
as the sun goes down
3/18/90 Phyllis VanVleck
Posted in Animals, Inspirational, Nature, Poetry, tagged birds, breeze, bugs, cloud, darkness, dusk, fireflies, flowers, fragrance, frogs, loon, moon, night, owl, rhyming, scent, sky, stars, sunset, tree on Saturday,August 16, 2008| 2 Comments »
NIGHT’S BLESSING
At the end of the day
When the sun’s last ray
Is just a sliver of light
Darkness starts to descend
To signal day’s end
And the earth nods into night
Day’s fragrance is rent
By night’s earthly scent
Daylight beds down with a yawn
As dusk takes away
The heat of the day
The curtain of night is drawn
Heaven’s jewels wink down
From their heavenly crown
The landscape’s kissed by the moon
While the frogs and bugs
On their lily pad rugs
Compose a melodious tune
Fireflies wing by
As the breeze gives a sigh
Birds settle down for the night
While an owl in a tree
Winks flirtatiously
Then spreads his wings in flight
A cloud in the sky
Drifts lazily by
And then it shadows the moon
That strange mournful plea
Near a lakeside tree
Is just the call of a loon
Like strings of wee beads
On webs in the weeds
Dew jewels silken threads
Flowers here and there
Bow crowns as in prayer
Nodding their beautiful heads
As night settles down
She puts on her gown
To cloak earth’s sleepy breast
For it’s part of God’s plan
And a blessing to man
That we’re given this time of rest
6/23/72 Phyllis DeWitt VanVleck
Posted in Nature, Poetry, tagged Poetry, rhyming, sun, sunset on Thursday,July 10, 2008| Leave a Comment »
EVENING’S BLUSH
The fiery orb of daylight
Hurries out of sight,
Kissing clouds with glowing rays
Before it says good night.
Excited by their kisses,
The clouds blush pink to red,
Putting on a radiant show
Before they go to bed.
Then in a blaze of splendor,
The sun sinks out of sight,
And evening’s velvet curtain
Is drawn for the night.
9/8/91 – Phyllis DeWitt VanVleck
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