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Day's End

It's quiet now, they all have gone
Leaving litter, and last light
softens what was too bright before

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
you ask if I need help, I nod
lend me for once your wings

The coloured quilt as sun does drown
a blanket against whining waves
I dive, depart. I flew so high

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October 15, 2017 
Copyright © Darren White

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Leon Enriquez Date: 11/1/2017 10:32:00 AM Dear Darren: Nicely done. Leon Login to Reply

Robert Lindley Date: 10/22/2017 3:17:00 PM I got lost in the depths of this magnificent creation my friend! So much power, imagery and depth in so few verses! A fav and this one is a gleaming gem!!! Login to Reply Darren White Date: 10/23/2017 4:06:00 AM Thank you Robert :)

Patricia Cresswell Date: 10/19/2017 8:52:00 PM I just want to cry it has worked a spell on me and put me in another's place. There are times I can feel my body actually trying to lift me. I know it sounds crazy but you already know I'm a couple degrees of centre. Login to Reply Darren White Date: 10/20/2017 5:23:00 AM If you are, so am I. This is actually a poem you can read on many levels, one of them meditation. Yes, I meditate :)

Arthur Vaso Date: 10/17/2017 11:13:00 PM Oh this is so so so nice! What is an ekphrastic poem? Loved this! Login to Reply Darren White Date: 10/18/2017 12:29:00 AM ekphrasis is using a work of art (like a painting, music) to create another work of art. Sort of what you do too. So you don't describe the painting, but instead let the feeling it evokes in you guide you. In fact this poem was written around a real painting, but I have no permission from the painter. I used a photo that comes close instead.

Tim Smith Date: 10/16/2017 10:22:00 AM You can have both my wings...I love this poem...a fav Login to Reply Darren White Date: 10/16/2017 2:09:00 PM Thanks for wings and fav Tim <3

Vijay Pandit Date: 10/16/2017 6:19:00 AM So much said in so few words--glad to see the ending flying high with borrowed wings!! Login to Reply Darren White Date: 10/16/2017 2:09:00 PM Thanks Vijay, and yeah :)

Sara Ella Date: 10/15/2017 5:06:00 PM So beautiful <3 :) Login to Reply Darren White Date: 10/16/2017 2:08:00 PM :) <3

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 10/15/2017 2:20:00 PM Beautiful Darren :) hugs Login to Reply Darren White Date: 10/16/2017 2:08:00 PM Thanks mo <3

Jan Allison Date: 10/15/2017 12:46:00 PM Oh gosh Darren I have tears reading these gentle words, and absolute beauty and another fave! So few words say so much the imagery is divine:-) hugs jan xx Login to Reply Darren White Date: 10/16/2017 2:07:00 PM wow, you shower me with favs, thanks Jan :)

Sunlite Wanter Date: 10/15/2017 12:36:00 PM Oh, Darren - such beautiful emotion for me. Login to Reply Darren White Date: 10/16/2017 2:07:00 PM Thank you so much :)