Through a Tiffany Window

USPS Stamps Contest 7-24-25 Stamp Chosen American Treasures Louis Comfort Tiffany 2006 Tiffany believed stained glass was a spiritual experience. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Through a Tiffany Window Touched by the whisper of a coral dawn, Morning opens a casement portal And steps into a garden – A crystalline cathedral - Where the alabaster breath of dawn Enchants dusk With rippled amber rhythms In between ascending yellows Spoken as a love poem. First light Shapes daylight Fragments of lavender Perfume iris’ blooms Roundels of golden petals Sing With southern smiles In magnolia blooms Spoken as a tender sonnet in glass. Serenity speaks in daybreak Hushed murmurs Of a trickling river, Born in blue-grey mountains, Silently slide Into azure waters As opaque morning mists Float Above sapphire stillness Frosted grace Clothes hills In rounded curves of blues And moss Aurora’s triumph snug In lines of armature The glazers journey Hones broken shards Into beauty.