Red Sun

Patriots' Heaven the red sun glows through white streaks of clouds on a blue canvas - a happy fourth of July written on dawn’s sky Written 6/25/13 for Russell Sivey's Red sun poetry contest
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Martin Avatar
August 29, 2013 at 2:17 AM
What a lovely palette of colors and soft feelings you've created here, Andrea :)
Poet Avatar
July 26, 2013 at 8:02 AM
I came here to see what went wrong with this poem.Beautiful Dodoitsu!
Babcock Avatar
July 24, 2013 at 8:44 PM
Nice one on the red sun. I looked at the contest but nothing was coming to my mind at the time.love phyl
Oyewole Avatar
June 30, 2013 at 5:36 AM
nicely done my lady. Good luck in the contest. AO
Maverick Avatar
June 29, 2013 at 3:01 PM
Really liked the emotive scene/words here Andrea; I wish you a very happy 4th of july i suppose I will just be doing boring stuff; well apart from reading on 'soup' take care Joe..)
Horne Avatar
June 29, 2013 at 2:55 PM
love this, my friend - a sure winner herre
Anderson-Throop Avatar
June 28, 2013 at 7:49 PM
nice timing....of course, you are always on key...thanks for the comment..am at the library, so just a short hello...all is ok
Jones Avatar
June 28, 2013 at 5:31 PM
Oh this is awesome Andrea.....
Pettit Avatar
June 28, 2013 at 9:23 AM
How imaginative and patriotic! Just in time for the Fourth of July.
Ober Avatar
June 28, 2013 at 7:11 AM
Gorgeous, and so fitting for this time of year! Canada Day is July 1st, so we have a patriotic long weekend starting tonight :)
Guzzi Avatar
June 28, 2013 at 7:05 AM
He will like this Andie. Light & Love
Posey Avatar
June 28, 2013 at 4:13 AM
Nice going, darlin'. I think you penned a winner.... Love ya.... Jake
Horsman Avatar
June 28, 2013 at 12:17 AM
lovely Andrea, so visual
Lamoureux Avatar
June 27, 2013 at 11:00 PM
This is clever utilizing red whie and blue. Should strike a chord with the judge. Well done Andrea!
Gildersleeve Avatar
June 27, 2013 at 7:13 PM
Andrea your poem evokes mood of celebration. Nicely done. Warm Smiles, Connie
Seal Avatar
June 27, 2013 at 6:49 PM
I can almost touch that flag fluttering away there, which reminds me, I'm off to England soon for a short while, I'd best scedadle, I don't need any more scrapes in those reinactments lol. I'll be gone before the 4th but I'll be thinking of y'all. Take care, Richard
Phillips Avatar
June 27, 2013 at 6:14 PM
What is "dawn’s sky"? the fire works, the mind? please tell what you are thinking, it has many meanings.
Neels Avatar
June 27, 2013 at 1:48 PM
Love the idea you used for your entry Andrea, almost celebration time for you with the 4th of July being around the corner ;) all the best for the contest. Love Wilma
Austin Avatar
June 27, 2013 at 10:18 AM
Few of the folks I've come in contact with know anything about the 30s music - those wonderful old musicals - which makes me feel very old and, in a sad way, misunderstood. How does an old fart like me get up-do-date? Love, daver
Devnath  Avatar
June 27, 2013 at 10:05 AM
Wonderful theme you have chosen and worded the excellent beauty. Good luck in the contest. I have changed my "I still owe him" just now. Please read and tell me. Loved always, bl
Devnath  Avatar
June 27, 2013 at 10:07 AM
Sorry, not Red Sun. I still owe him
Zerbst Avatar
June 26, 2013 at 8:46 PM
Very patriotic poem. I can't help but imagine lines of soldiers marching beneath this gigantic banner in the sky, hearts swelling with desire to serve their country at any cost. So much here that is unwritten! Nice work!
Johnson Avatar
June 26, 2013 at 5:00 PM
Soup mail Question.
Johnson Avatar
June 26, 2013 at 4:19 PM
May this nations spirit once again be as beautiful as this poem. Wishing you a wonderful 4th.
Guzzi Avatar
June 26, 2013 at 2:43 PM
Interesting! Light & Love
Austin Avatar
June 26, 2013 at 9:50 AM
Just right for adding a splash of vivid c0olor for the 4th. Jeanette McDonald and Nelson Eddy sang in all the 30s musicals - Blossom Time, The Desert Song, May Time,Rose Marie, Bittersweet and on and on. Few of the young men and women know much about them, but they were loaded with some of the finest music ever written. Love, daver
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