SKY SKETCHES

SKY SKETCHES

Sunset explodes

in lemon orange,

topped with bars

of fuchsia gray.

The sky is why

we’re given eyes,

especially

at this time of day.

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Horizon rim at dusk,

old sky lingers long

in rusty peach patina. 

Along the beach

each silhouette in black

contains a tale

all its own.

Perhaps we’ve seen

this seascape

at the Louvre

and wonder

who is aping whom.

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At night in charcoal sky

the stars come out to play:

Syrius and Mars,

the Hunter and his sword,

and to the west

a silver slice of melon.

And we are part

of all of this,

to give it name,

to give it fame.

January 15, 2008