I sit gazing.
The world around me asleep
except for occasional gulls flying overhead.
Stillness surrounds me
waiting for the sun to rise.
This ocean, the morning before,
roiled in protest to darkness disappearing.
Today it lies calm, smooth as glass.
Two sailboats sit atop the water
their hulls mirrored reflections,
motionless, tranquil,
silent in the absence of wind.
Skies stained
with thin veneer of pastel pink
await the dawn.
As sun’s sliver stealthily appears,
skies rouge in excited anticipation.
Sliver grows to arc, to half-circle, to orb,
and I sigh.
Thankful for another day.
Photos taken yesterday morning from our deck in Provincetown on Massachusetts’ Cape Cod.
Written for dVerse, the virtual pub for poets around the globe. Today is Open Link Night and writers are invited to post any poem of their choosing. Bjorn, our pub tender today, also provides an optional prompt you may choose to use.
ALL are invited to dVerse LIVE on Saturday, September September 14th from 10 to 11 AM New York Time. The link to join with audio and video is embedded here. Come and read one of your poems aloud OR come to just sit in and enjoy! The more the merrier!
lillian the home poet 
So beautiful.
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This is so wonderful, to watch the sun rise (or set depending on which coast you visit) is wonderful. It’s just that for us here in Sweden it is usually way to early to see it… the image you paint of the sailboats is especially wonderful
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Such beautiful photos, Lillian! Wow! 😍 The poem in its entirety leaves me feeling calm and at peace. Especially love; “Skies stained with thin veneer of pastel pink
await the dawn.” 💝💝
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A peaceful poem with beautiful photos to illustrate it, Lill. I love the contrast of the stillness, waiting for the sun to rise, and the ocean roiling in protest to darkness disappearing’, the mirrored reflections of the boats, and the ‘skies stained with thin veneer of pastel pink’.
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Lillian, I can see why you were inspired to write a poem to the view. Lovely images! When I see those little boats resting on the water it brings back many memories.
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So peaceful to watch the sun rise over the water. Beautiful, Lillian.
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Two wonderful sea poems in two days, Lillian – what a source of inspiration and so glad that you are not taking a holiday from writing!
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So beautiful and serene Lil, wonderful poem. 🙂✌🏼🫶🏼
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This is delightful, Lillian. You have really captured the beauty of this scene with your words and your lovely picture.
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lovely – pen and photos ~
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This is for me, evocative, and with. a sigh of longing.
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I echo that last line and all your verse’s peaceful platitudes…a reverie…
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