Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Tranquility of evening

                                                                                   Artist: Edward William Cooke
Image:  Venice, A November Evening 
in the Lagoon (1859)  (here)

Day is done they troop
back to their homes wondering
What have I achieved?

Mirror like glassy expanse
Tranquility of evening
Accorded to those blessed

Dusk transforms to a
darkened stupor to welcome
a night of conscience

The wayward seek peace of night
with hopes they are blessed nearer
towards nirvana

A November night to cleanse 
To check out a clean slate
Stepping out into an uncertain 2023

Merril at d'Verse  poetics
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9 comments:

  1. Hank, so glad you wrote to this painting. The following is beautiful.
    True....

    The wayward seek peace of night
    with hopes they are blessed nearer
    towards nirvana

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  2. "Dusk transforms to a
    darkened stupor"
    Nice one Hank. Very contemplative.
    Thanks for dropping by my blog.

    Muvh💜love

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  3. Really beautiful Hank.
    Yvonne.

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  4. Nicely done, Hank! I especially like:
    ‘Dusk transforms to a
    darkened stupor to welcome
    a night of conscience’.

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  5. A lovely, thoughtful response to the image. I especially like the stanza others above mentioned: "Dusk transforms to a darkened stupor. . ."

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  6. Lovely interpretation of the painting :)

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  7. This is very engaging Hank, and it expresses the image superbly. Excellent write my friend.

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  8. What a lovely take, Hank! Uncertain 2023...how true!

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