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Evening Gown of Yesterday

After days of fog
Moths eat away the slip of winter
Pieces of the New Year
Drift as ash into spring

Eyes waiting abhorrently 
While midnight clasps the last remnants
Tomorrow becomes the butler 
Escorting the sun

Rays peel open the solstice
Tattered wings flutter towards
The lamppost of February
Sealed in pocket mirrors…

Copyright © Jason Johnson | Year Posted 2009

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P Sheart Date: 10/4/2009 10:52:00 AM A amazing poem. Congrats!! Love Light Truth Patty Login to Reply

Raul Moreno Date: 10/2/2009 10:31:00 PM Jason, congratulations on making the first round of the contest...Raul Login to Reply

Date: 9/26/2009 9:34:00 AM Jason, I just wanted to drop by and add--Congratulations on having two poems make it through the first round in the contest. Good luck in the finals! Karen Login to Reply

James Fraser Date: 9/5/2009 7:53:00 AM Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week>>James Login to Reply

Adeleke Adeite Date: 9/2/2009 12:57:00 PM This is a well deserved feature … what a creative, wonderful poem, I love every bit of it. You are such a great poet. Please keep writing and congrats on your poem being featured this week. Hope to read more of your wonderful pieces. You are great ! Adeleke Login to Reply

Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen Date: 9/1/2009 4:58:00 AM Congratulations, Jason, on having your well-written poem featured today. Keep writing. Lovingly, Dane Login to Reply

Raul Moreno Date: 9/1/2009 2:09:00 AM Jason, congratulations on your feature this week...Raul Login to Reply

Date: 8/31/2009 5:24:00 PM Nice use of imagery and personification for a creative view. Congratulations on having your poem featured this week. I wish you continued success with your writing. Karen Login to Reply

Carol Sunshine Brown Date: 8/31/2009 4:19:00 AM Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week Jason. Hope to see many more of yours featured. Love, Carol Login to Reply

Charlene Bird Date: 4/22/2009 8:40:00 PM Sheer excellence, with great imagery! Login to Reply

Kristin Reynolds Date: 3/11/2009 12:52:00 PM This is brilliant. too many great lines to quote, Jason, awesome. awesome!!! Love, Kristin Login to Reply

Debbie Guzzi Date: 3/10/2009 3:19:00 PM Just wonderful & a perfect contest entry for 5 senses/ 5 elements..You have used Water (fog) Fire (moth, ash) Taste (eats away) Sight (Eyes) Touch (peel open). wonderful verse. Light & Love Login to Reply

Carolyn Devonshire Date: 3/3/2009 10:33:00 AM Jason, please send the "Moths (that) eat away the slip of winter" my way. Will you be our "butler" and "escort the sun"? Love the way you describe the shedding of the evening gown to reveal the coming of spring. Best wishes, Carolyn Login to Reply

Denis Joe Date: 3/1/2009 5:23:00 AM Excellent imagery here. the metaphors and similes are inventive and are used sparingly, having made their presence felt. The pace of this poem is great. It reads rather like one views an impressionist painting and has a strong feeling of Baudilaire in the way that imagery and economy are used. I love that the poem has a dreamy qualkity to it without being flowery or pseudo-romantic. Login to Reply

Christopher Higgins Date: 2/27/2009 10:16:00 AM This title is amazing my friend.. I love this piece..tomorrow becomes the butler..escorting the sun..wicked..pure fire like we Jamaicans say..FIRE!! Login to Reply