Sam Kauffman Poet Free verse

Renewable Radiance

Renewable Radiance

Streams of clearest light,
Born of a star,
Splash across flaxen maize,
Beckoning tall sunflowers to follow
With their skyward gaze
Dashing through newborn dewdrops
Creating playful shadows
In the bouncing, 
  dappling, 
    flashing, 
     flowing
Golden glow of brilliance in bronze
Making freckles on upturned noses
 Or fiery heat on skin neglected
Now captivated by smooth glass faces
  In cycles of sunrise and sunset
   To find a place in close community
Coming home to rest on rooftops 
     Turning midnight into morning
       Bits of sunspots 
         Energizing evening
Seeking opportunities
  To turn on street lights
    Heat a winter night,
     Light up empty highway signs
      Kitchen lamps in gathering spaces,
       Where scents of stews
         Float up from simmering pots
         Sitting atop daystar fire,
 To cool the breath of afternoons
    Turning summer heat around in circles
 Then ever giving birth to moonlight
 Illuminating a garden path
   Or candles 
Twinkling 
     In the trees at midnight
Reaching out,
Waiting - standing at attention -
Begging to be used,
  But not used up,
Gladly emptied out
  Never tiring,
Never holding back
 In jealousy,
No matter what the calendar proclaims
 Or season promises,
Collected radiance renewable
Renewed 
 Generating energy 
   In spinning allegros
Freely given,
Freely breathing, 
   Inexhaustible,
	Joyful
Gift and giver.

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Gary Radice March 10, 2020 at 7:11 AM Solar power: The conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity..and into words that light up a page :) Congratulations on your win Sam! :) Sam Kauffman March 10, 2020 at 2:17 PM Thank you Gary for your congratulations and your message. I am grateful. I agree with Tom's statement - it is the way forward. It is a free, always available, ready to be used gift. Sometimes it takes us time to make changes but, in my mind, we are coming into that time. YEAH!

Beata Agustin March 10, 2020 at 12:30 AM Wow! Congrats! Thanks for sharing this. I'm delighted with your last line. God bless you. Sam Kauffman March 10, 2020 at 1:19 AM Hi Beata, thank you for your congratulations and your blessings. I hoped the last line would be a good ending. Blessings to you.

Tom Cunningham March 9, 2020 at 6:45 PM Definitely the way forward Sam, every new home now has panels. No need for smoking chimneys polutting the air or nuclear power stations. Congrats on your top spot win. Tom Sam Kauffman March 9, 2020 at 7:43 PM Have believed in solar power for many years. It is the way forward. When I had the opportunity to write on the environment, this seemed like a natural theme. Thank you Tom for your congratulations.

John Watt March 9, 2020 at 5:26 PM Sam, Wow, a #1! I'm so proud of you for this excellent earth-friendly write. A well-deserved finish, my friend! ~ John Sam Kauffman March 10, 2020 at 2:21 PM Hi Tom, thank you my friend! I am so glad I saw Brian's contest - almost missed it! This theme was an interesting one to put into a poetic framework.

John Watt March 6, 2020 at 1:37 PM Sam, I love this homage to solar power, a subject I never would have thought to write a poem about. You capture so much of what the sun means to us on planet earth. Love the line, " To cool the breath of afternoons / Turning summer heat around in circles" for the A/C powered by the sun, how ironic! You are so talented! Sam Kauffman March 6, 2020 at 5:01 PM Last summer there was a contest on the environment. I have been an advocate for solar power ever since I wrote a paper on it. It was fun to put those thoughts into a poem. I so appreciate all of your messages. Thank you my friend. Hugs!

Michelle Faulkner February 23, 2020 at 4:42 PM Hi Sam, you have so many delightful details, the words dance and sing :) Sam Kauffman February 23, 2020 at 5:32 PM Hi Michelle, Thank you for your visit and for your words of compliment! Love creating imagery that moves the theme of the poem - your words are beautiful imagery! I am honored.