Thursday, August 16, 2007

Dawn on the Prairie: A Poetry Thursday Submission



Dawn on the Prairie
Stars fade long before the darkness cease
pending the arrival of one greater
that arises behind a horizontal curtain
of red and purple pleats
and greeted by a winged chorus
hidden in the rustling grass.

Photo by Sage, taken near DeSmet SD

19 comments:

  1. That's a choir I always love listening to. Well done Mr. Poet!!

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  2. The Ingalls Wilder prairie. Beautiful sky and tribute to dawn.

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  3. Purple pleats. That is so good!!

    Excellent photograph.

    Glad you are back.

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  4. that photograph is too good to be true... what a blessing it is to have seen it and saved it to share.... just amazing.....

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  5. That's quite a sunrise. I'm not a big fan of winged choruses which are hidden in the grass..or unhidden for that matter. I remember when the Ingalls were bombarded with grasshoppers. I cringe just remembering it.

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  6. Pat, thanks, but you're the poet!

    Brian, you're right about the Ingalls/Wilder place--the photo was actually taken on the Ingalls homstead

    Gautami, Thanks! I'll be sharing lots more photos from this trip!

    Paisley, thanks

    Murf, some of the winged choruses were birds, who eat the winged insects, but then they had problems with blackbirds eating corn and from what I remember Ma made corn-fed blackbird pie!

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  7. The colors are so peaceful and serene in your photo.

    Magnificent, my friend.

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  8. Lovely - purple pleats is a particularly fine phrase...

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  9. Another thumbs up for the RED and purple pleats. Let's not forget the red.

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  10. Lovely words and even lovelier photo :) Welcome back :)

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  11. You nailed it for me with pleats. Loved it!

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  12. Wonderful! I love the dual meaning in the line "pending the arrival of one greater"

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  13. I remember the line from "Field of Dreams"..."is this Heaven?"..."no, its Iowa"....lots of chuckling in the theater. I think it was because most of them did not realize just what a magic place the prairie with its endless sky can be. Their loss

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  14. This is just beautiful, and the photo is stunning!

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