Friday, June 28, 2013

The Dusk in Rain

                                                                                        Attribution: Julian Herzog
Image: Sunset over Bavaria
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

Fading shades of light
Darkened in the distance in
colors of brilliance

The dusk in light rain
advanced faster leaving the
birds chirping alone

The heavens engulfed
Shadowy signs of life made
a graceful exit

The horizon did
accept the setting sun to
retire the night

Written for Chev’s CARPE DIEM special #44with prompt  -  the dusk in rain

15 comments:

  1. dusk, like dawn is a place of magic...all the actors leaving stage and new ones taking over for the night song....smiles...sleep well sun

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  2. Awesome series Hank, I can sense the magic and mystery of the dusk.

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  3. Graceful exits are not something that I'm good at. I'm glad that the sun is able to do what I'm not!

    Kikusha-Ni’s Dusk

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  4. One takes over for the other and round and round they go

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  5. I love the way your words flow, with the horizon accepting the sun, and the dusk advancing faster than birds....awesome set...

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  6. a graceful beauty
    I love how you painted dusk/ great motion

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  7. A beautiful time of day - well described. k.

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  8. What a beautiful set of haiku, yet the first one for me is a true gem.

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  9. Well done, hank. I especially liked the lines
    The horizon did
    accept the setting sun to
    retire the night

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  10. "The horizon did
    accept the setting sun to
    retire the night"

    That's really beautiful.

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  11. The guys above all seem to have gotten the wholesome gist on this matter! It is powerfully read aloud! Well Done!

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  12. true Hank, there is a lot of acceptance at sunset.

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  13. Ah that second one leaves me struck with awe

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