What shall I write this early morn,
when night has barely turned to dawn?
Of hope within my soul,
to see the gull soar past
beyond my window’s pale,
toward ocean’s rhythmic shore.
Of wind chimes’ sound,
their echoes from afar.
Harmonious song
kissed aloft by breezes soft.
Drifting from mind to mouth,
‘tis a prayer upon my lips.
Tears but dew upon my cheek,
I whisper joy-stained words
thankful for every day.
It’s Open Link Thursday at dVerse, the virtual pub for poetry writers. That means you can post a poem of your choosing — no prompt today. Grace is tending the pub and invites all to stop by!
lillian the home poet 
Lovely! I really liked “a Harmonious song kissed aloft by breezes soft”. I too am thankful for every day and that I can experience the wonders. ❤
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Glad you enjoyed, Adda. Nice to write of positive things! 🙂
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Brava.. 🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀
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Thank you!
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Love how good a morning can be for you… must be lovely to start it with a poem like this. I have not whispered those kind of words in a long time.
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I am always up early — time alone in the study, usually with a candle lit. Thinking…and always, with my spouse still asleep in the next room, thankful for a new day with him by my side.
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Love the prayerful hopes and that Harmonious song
kissed aloft by breezes soft.
Have a good Thursday Lillian!
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Hope you had a good weekend, Grace. Glad you enjoyed this one….truly thankful for every day.
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Insomnia plagues me often, so I greet the dawn as well. Your lovely sentiments and message bolster my day, dear lady–for it is gray-grey here, soggy, windblown, closer to the glaciers than the sea–yet as I read your poem I did hear a sea gull, winging up the river from Puget Sound.
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Your place of abode, close to the glaciers, sounds beautiful. Sometimes I am reminded there is beauty everywhere…even here in the midst of the city, I especially enjoy the lights of the city twinkling at night…the darkness outside my window in the early morn…sounds of the city awakening.
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Beautiful. Lillian, this poem is a true blessing. I too am thankful for every day. And every day I start the day with hope, no matter how dark the news…
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Exactly…and amen to that! 🙂
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This is so incredibly evocative..❤️especially love; “Drifting from mind to mouth, ‘tis a prayer upon my lips. Tears but dew upon my cheek, I whisper joy-stained words”❤️
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Ah…you’ve picked my favorite line in the write! 🙂 Glad you enjoyed.
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A wonderful prayer, Lill, which has made me feel so much better. Thank you. My favourite lines:
‘to see the gull soar past
beyond my window’s pale,
toward ocean’s rhythmic shore’.
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It does help center me for each day…if I’m up early and sit in the darkness, feel the calm. 🙂
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When night just turns to dawn is one of my favorite times of day. There are forgotten dreams still playing and I am refreshed. It is a time for thankful joy as you write.
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Exactly! 🙂 Glad you enjoyed, Frank.
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A beautiful prayer Lillian. I am thankful for every day too.
Anna :o]
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Let us promise to find beauty in the breaking day. 🙂
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Lovely piece with wonderful morning imagery and sounds, and ending with heartfelt gratitude. Thank you. ❤
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So very glad you enjoyed! Early morning is always a special alone time for me. Actually centers me for the day. 🙂
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A beautiful prayer Lillian, I love the hope within your soul 💖 xxx
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I do believe hope must be the essence of our souls 🙂
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So serene. I felt my breathing slow and relax while reading. Thank you!
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Thank you, Sarah! Glad you enjoyed this one….I do think that slowing down, centering, each morning before the world is awake, is an essential in my life.
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Amen
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Double amen! 🙂
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I can imagine this gratitude at dawn. Nicely done!
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Thank you, Vivian. I do enjoy my early mornings…always have, even before rejuvenatement (never say retirement). They center me if I can feel the calm.
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I Hear you😊
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A poem that would make Gerard Manley Hopkins smile. Bravo!
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Smiling I am. Thanks, Frank!
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My pleasure, Lillian!
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What a beautiful message here.
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So glad you enjoyed!
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With “Tears but dew upon my cheek,” I find writing and gratitude to be at their apex.
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Amen! 🙂
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A truly inspiring message and prayer.
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Thank you. So very glad you enjoyed….I truly am thankful for every day.
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A poem filled with hope and gratitude! Beautifully penned.
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Thank you! So glad you enjoyed. Hope you had a good weekend!
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I liked the tones in this. Peaceful with a touch of melancholy
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For me, there is a calming when I awaken early, and can sit in the near dark with a candle lit on my window sill. It’s really almost a meditation that centers me for the day 🙂 Glad you enjoyed this one.
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Every dawn, every sound, brings hope. Beautiful!
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Hope rides in on every morn, if only we can recognize it. 🙂
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Such a beautiful piece!!! I really enjoyed reading.
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Thank you, Anell. So very glad you enjoyed this one….sharing that morning prayer on Thursday and every day 🙂
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Just lovely. Thanks.
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Thank you, Susan. So very glad you enjoyed and so very nice to see you here! 🙂
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Oh, we should all pray thus
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Amen to that! 🙂
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A wonderful poem to start the day, and with gratitude, always gratitude. Lovely Lillian.
Pat
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Thank you, Pat. I truly do believe that hope rides in with every morn…if only we can be still to feel it. 🙂 So very glad you enjoyed this and nice to see you here this morning. Hope you had a grand weekend!
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I so agree with your thoughts on home. And thank you, I did gave a good weekend ☺
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kaykuala
‘tis a prayer upon my lips.
Tears but dew upon my cheek,
I whisper joy-stained words
A prayer will always sustain good feelings upon oneself!
Hank
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Ah…you picked out my favorite lines within the write. Thankful for every day!
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The genuineness in this makes it incredibly uplifting, Lillian. Too often we pay lip-services through joyless chants of spiritual jargons just so to prove our religiosity instead of pursuing faith — an active expectation of hope and change and all that is good to come. In today’s world when entitlement mentality has run rampant, to choose to be thankful for every day is truly a challenge and a test of faith.
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Thank you for your very thoughtful comments here, Colin. I begin almost every day in the early morning, sitting in the near dark, many times with a candle lit upon my window sill, or a dimmer light beside me, set quite low. It’s a calming. And knowing my husband is asleep in the room next to this one, that makes me thankful for every day that begins with him beside me. Having almost lost him in 2013….I am truly thankful for every day.
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Thank Heavens indeed! And thank you for this personal insight for us to understand your poetry better. 🙂
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