Sunset Poem by Valerie Dohren

Sunset

Rating: 3.5


`Tis now the lantern of the day
Shall slowly start to slip away
To fall into a distant place
Beyond the earth and set in space

The closing of the day embrace

The sky ablaze with fiery glow
Reflected on the ground below
As shadows drift across the land
Like cloaks of darkness softly spanned

The clouds above yet strangely fanned

Then threads of silver light remain
Should e`er the fading day complain
Before the night shall chase away
The dying embers of the day

So turning all to steely grey

With shimm`ring fall of evening mist
`Pon glist`ning leaves by moonlight kissed
And eerie silhouetted spires
Against the backdropp of the skies

For ever now the sunlight dies

As evening steals away the glow
That lingers on the earth below -
Then she who shines with tender face
Upon the land bestows her grace

Then takes the heavens all apace

The trees are still, the birds asleep
All silent now, as growing deep
The day turns slowly into night
As with the fading of the light

And as all dreams shall now take flight

So gently close your eyes and rest
Sleep softly now at her behest
As night-time takes you to her breast
For he now slumbers in the west

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Heather Wilson 24 March 2012

That was the most beautiful sunset ever, what a pleasure to read.

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Juan Olivarez 10 April 2012

So very well written, beautiful words.

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G.R. Gaus 18 April 2012

I have read this poem over and over again, verse by verse - line by line - word by word - syllable by syllable; until it lingers into the darkness and softly sets into west. This is truely a literary; painted work of art.....

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Smoky Hoss 17 March 2012

This is so beautiful... I stand in awe. Your words match the beauty of the sunset perfectly.

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O.o. W 22 March 2012

it is indeed one of many representation of Sunset that inspires

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Valsa George 07 December 2012

Wow! What a lovely sunset! A fantastic poem! ! A 10 for this!

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Stevie Taite 05 September 2012

Another beautiful picture you paint with your words. It flows effortlessly!

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Linda May Fox 20 June 2012

You definitely paint a picture.

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Walterrean Salley 19 May 2012

...Like having gone on a pleasant adventure. Very soothing. Enjoyed.

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Lyudmila Purgina 06 May 2012

The east never meets with the west... When awoken - the east dawn is the best To fly to zenith to the golden sun at noon... The best - when the tired west sun in the evening brings you dreaming soon... ;)

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