Joseph May Poet Rhyme

Edge of Night

The dark caress of ravens flight
  Graze the tips of distant clouds
 Where moonbeams touch the edge of night
 And mystery slips behind a shroud

 A violin mourns with pain
 And echoes through the ebon realm
 Notes adrift with sad refrains
 Scatter emotions  which overwhelm

 Two hands of the clock slowly merge
 As midnight bells begin to ring
 From the darkness ravens emerge
 Cawing as they flap their wings

 These harbingers of death and gloom
 Such dark fears they do incite
 With glint of iridescent plume
 As moonbeams touch the edge of night
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  2-24-18

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Line Gauthier April 9, 2018 at 1:58 PM Awesome. Beautiful. A most deserving win, Joseph. Superbly penned.

FJ Thomas March 4, 2018 at 7:20 PM Joseph I'm not sure exactly how to compliment this. It's so very deep and beautiful. This is a wonderful piece!

Andrea Dietrich March 1, 2018 at 8:38 PM So glad to see this won a contest, joseph. Congrats to you. Your imagery was so nice here.

Paul Callus March 1, 2018 at 12:21 PM A striking title and lovely dark content of this poem, Joseph. Congrats on your win. Regards // paul

Charlie Smith February 28, 2018 at 2:53 PM Brilliant Joseph, congratulations...

Heidi Sands February 27, 2018 at 9:29 AM Congratulations for your nice win Joseph :)

Alexis Y. February 26, 2018 at 5:16 PM Hi Joseph, You've penned such a well written dark and mysterious write. Congratulations on your winning write. It was well deserved:-) Alexis

Melissa Tracy February 26, 2018 at 11:25 AM Congrats on your win...love the lines violin mourns with pain...well done

Subimal Sinha-Roy February 26, 2018 at 1:57 AM Congratulations, Joseph on your win with such a beautiful poem. The line "As moonbeams touch the edge of night" is really nice.

Andrea Dietrich February 25, 2018 at 5:52 PM One that long ago was canceled. haha

Andrea Dietrich February 25, 2018 at 5:51 PM I love this dark mysterious mood you created with your poem, Joseph. Love the title too. WAsn't it an AMerican soap opera title? Joseph May February 26, 2018 at 6:25 AM I believe there was Andrea..nice bit of trivia

Janice Canerdy February 25, 2018 at 1:28 PM Movingly created, Joseph. Congrats on your win. Janice

Anne-Lise Andresen February 25, 2018 at 6:49 AM - Beautifully written, Joseph :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Vijay Pandit February 25, 2018 at 6:40 AM Simply beautiful! Well articulated imagery..moonbeams touching edge of night..great, Joseph.

Anisha Dutta February 24, 2018 at 11:54 PM Nice imagery. Excellent composition.

Eve Roper February 24, 2018 at 11:36 PM Enjoyed the imagery you created :)

Kim Rodrigues February 24, 2018 at 10:01 PM Saved as fave! I could see the ravens flying off the page! Nicely done, Joseph!

Maria Williams February 24, 2018 at 7:41 PM A deep poem Joseph and full of imagery. I can almost see the ravens emerging from the clock as the midnight hour strikes- but perhaps the moonbeams will allay the foreboding...Maria

Heidi Sands February 24, 2018 at 6:24 PM A deep well written poem this is Joseph :)