Jim Slaughter Poet Free verse

Favorite Mornings

I am an early riser, usually between 4 and 5 a.m. 
That's my quiet time for reading, and thinking,
And sometimes writing. 
I especially enjoy it when, 
After a pre-dawn shower,
I can look out my window and see,
In the apricot light of dawn,
To the spattering applause of rain,
The miscreant predatory night
Being borne reluctantly away
In manacles of rainbows.

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Ilene Bauer March 26, 2024 at 1:06 PM i, too, am an early riser, jim, so i especially love your description of the "apricot light of dawn" and the "spattering applause of rain." such gorgeous imagery! Jim Slaughter March 27, 2024 at 10:50 AM Ilene, thank you so much. Your comments are always greatly appreciated.

Silent One March 26, 2024 at 12:46 PM I am a morning writer also, it is always a lot easier with a cup of coffee.. I seem to be most poetic in the morning or when im at the gym... you wont believe it but some of my most poetic lines come to me in between pumping iron... Jim Slaughter March 27, 2024 at 10:49 AM Thanks, S O. There's just no telling where...or when...that muse will pop up...