Sally Eslinger Poet Imagism

Mother Nature Draws the Dawn

**  Mother Nature Draws the Dawn  **


Already, 
Dawn sets off 
This longitude’s waking,
Displaying nearby trees
Into their scribbled silhouettes
In shades
Of gray with blasts of black masses  — 
Points gathered
Fronting the quick brightening over
Yesterday’s leaving darkness, 
 And bringing forth this day’s white-glazed,
Cloud-faced sky —
Appearing before my sleepy eyes
Without any distinguishable color, and 
Simply seen as an unfoldng background — 
 A lightening
That shows even before the blendings —
With the coming gifts to sight
     Of the perception of dimensions
     And the aspects of perspective,
To be seen in the expanse beyond my window
In this dawning moment ~
As the world appears quite like 
A flattened Earth, 
    Like a doodled scene
Of blotches and specs — in
Mother Nature’s ink line & wash
Landscape
Created on her personal, unbordered paper.


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(c) sally young eslinger 8/17/2023
(For Jim. Happy 40th)

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Laura Leiser August 19, 2023 at 7:23 PM What creative, artistic expressions in your colorful and uplifting poem, Sally! Love this! :)

Michelle Faulkner August 19, 2023 at 10:51 AM Thanks for the blog about the missing lines, now it comes together to make a complete picture- Sally Eslinger August 21, 2023 at 2:22 PM Oh, Michelle, SO glad you returned to read this with its inspired ending and for your comment added once you got the whole picture! Luv ya!

Bj Legros Kelley August 18, 2023 at 2:28 PM This brought back memories of so many beautiful early mornings, such descriptive words. Lovely! <3

Vijay Pandit August 18, 2023 at 4:19 AM Displaying nearby trees Into their scribbled silhouettes In shades Of gray with blasts of black masses---so wonderful is your description of dawning hues. I like the vocabulary that eases in the scene for the reader. Much enjoyed your creative piece, Sally. Happy 40th, to you and your beloved.

Michelle Faulkner August 17, 2023 at 8:23 PM This is so original, I can see the darkness slowly leaving and the new day appearing like scribbled gray trees, and the earth like a flattened doodle, as always so evocative, and also many congratulations for your forty years together! Sally Eslinger August 17, 2023 at 10:04 PM Dearest Michelle, i am wow-glad you could SEE what was written! Thank you for your comment, which means alot to me! Big hugs, sally

Ink Empress August 17, 2023 at 8:06 PM You really have a very creative way of writing and phrasing thoughts. I really love so many lines in this and how descriptive and moving it is, along with the imagery that shows us what you see. I especially loved “ scribbled silhouettes “ white glazed cloud faced sky” to be seen in the expanse of my window. Ah how evocative and touching and poetic is this write. For new beginnings and wishing you a beautiful wedding anniversary Sally Eslinger August 17, 2023 at 8:30 PM Empress, bless you for such a sharing comment! I try. God knows i try, tho writing this WAS like drawing & so was easier to flow. IT TRULY WAS the scene from my window today, This day when i thankfully met your poetry. I thank you. My hugs.

Speaks Volumes August 17, 2023 at 7:09 PM A beautiful depiction of the coming dawn. Just lovely Sally. Sally Eslinger August 17, 2023 at 8:35 PM Hi Volumes! Thank you for stopping by to read & comment. Wishing you had stayed for coffee & danish. Oops. I nearly tapped coffee $ and danish. :-) hope you’re being creative, for i love your poems. Hugs, moi