Tuesday, February 22, 2011

opening outwards


the sun

like a pearl
settling in the silt
of an afternoon sky
at

13 comments:

  1. Dan GurneyFebruary 22, 2011 at 2:02 AM

    Oh glorious sun! Is it any wonder so many have venerated the sun?

    Late this afternoon I took many amazing photos of the sun setting over the Pacific Ocean. I'll share one of them tomorrow on Mindful Heart.

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  2. alaine@éclectiqueFebruary 22, 2011 at 4:42 AM

    A beautiful picture captured at just the right time and telling words for the end of yet another day (for the sun).

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  3. ElisabethFebruary 22, 2011 at 4:52 AM

    The silt of the sky, Steven, that's a glorious association.

    I think I've been bogged down in silt lately, too much of it and not much time for blog visits but I shall reform.

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  4. PaulineFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:54 AM

    I'm continually amazed by how everything on this earth resembles some other part of it. Your analogy is so beautifully wrought.

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  5. Reya MellickerFebruary 22, 2011 at 8:37 AM

    That pearly sun is about to regain its golden color. Yeah, it snowed here last night, but winter can not hold on forever. Right?

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  6. Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed.February 22, 2011 at 9:19 AM

    So many moods captured in one photograph. How do you continually top yourself dear man?

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  7. agujaFebruary 22, 2011 at 9:37 AM

    I am totally wowed by the photography here. Just wonderful, giving me a wild lurch of the senses just to look at.

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  8. Golden WestFebruary 22, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    Your last few sunset/sky pictures have had such a tropical flair - really beautiful!

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  9. ellen abbottFebruary 22, 2011 at 11:32 AM

    oh, very nice steven.

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  10. Linda SueFebruary 22, 2011 at 11:55 AM

    Looks like spring's footprints across the weary snow.

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  11. JoFebruary 22, 2011 at 2:57 PM

    The sun looks so different in the California sky of Dan's post, to the northern sky of yours.

    Both are magnificent.

    The image of the sun as a pearl in the silt of the sky is gorgeous.

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  12. hopeFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:15 PM

    Beautiful!

    It's like a spotlight ready to come alive and highlight "coming attractions" of the day. :)

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  13. *February 24, 2011 at 3:44 AM

    Short can be so sweet, that's how my poems are leaning this week, too.

    A fresh take on the sun (a pearl), "the silt/of the afternoon sky" love the sound of that rolling off the tongue (like a pearl).

    I am struck by this poem also, as it sits elegantly on the page, but also, how it reads. So well.

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