Long Dark before the dawn Poems

Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haiku about autumn, fall, sea, autumn wind, harvest moon, dark, darkness, dawn, day, life.

First of autumn:
the sea and the rice fields
the same green hue.
—Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

The...

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Still, on a bench, watching eyes inquired
To the heights of Brakeman’s Hill
That on its rounded peak 
Poised a bright copper house
And held the company 
Of a strong oak tree
It bore a twisted truck 
And roots...

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Doggone night…

Once there was an old and lonesome crow.
I‘ll tell the story the way I know.
The crow was so dark, darker than night.
darkness with shadows, gathering fright.
One day between the dark and the dawn, 
the...

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P o e t r y
the timeless nepenthe
to my aching soul,
a cluster of calming couplets
caressing the ventricular vortex within my heart.
When dark is the dawn,
when cold is the air,
and heavy is the garnet
I wear around...

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KENNEDY= THE WAR YEARS
PT-109


After the attack on Pearl Harbor
He applied for sea duty in the war. 
Where Lieutenant John F. Kennedy
Became known for his bravery and more.

In the dark hours before dawn
On August 2, of...

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i'm standing on the moon
-starz are all around-
i also see the earth
purple, green, and brown

it shines on the horizon
mist comes from the trees
blue mountains in the distance
...man i love days like these...

hey-look at all the...

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Siren Song of Slumber

The night is quiet and still, the stars playing hide and seek.
Clouds floating across the sky, dawn is almost here.
I sit and ask the universe why? Why, I cry?
Why do I resist...

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I've been working really hard.
And I haven't done a thing.
The answer to the riddle isn't signaled with a ding.

Professions and confessions leave the door a bit ajar.
I've traveled many places, I've not gotten very far.
The...

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ATLANTIS


When I set out for Atlantis of old
The dawn will be stormed and grey skies
Will show the way only indistinctly.
This way is a cold treacherous way
Where lurk many pitfalls and hindrances;
But for those who follow...

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Dark 'tis the dawn as I view it from my eye,
the Sun looking for the next thing to warm,
for the pall of despair darkens all in my world
each day just a little bit more.
The Sun...

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A Mockingbird May

Here is what I like more than anything
All of the songs a mockingbird can sing
Numerous always are and continuing on
They are right into dark from early dawn.

A fine friend indeed I just have...

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Wave after wave
The darkness leapt at me.
I cannot be brave                    
I shrink against the wall
I find...

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to sit in the darkroom of silence
trying to remember your name, your face
to gaze upon time's long ribbon of passing
and find the moment, when we became lovers
in another time, another place

to find dust-filled treasure in...

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Land to the Tiller
Cracked and clef soil of tolerated native mother
Beaten halo, attacked by the sun
Being friend and enemy to the end
Monsoon rain drops cried tears

Beyond of measure of sufferings keep in heart
Obeying to nature...

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From seconds to minutes to hours to night, then to day,
Time moved, taking with it, the bliss I was sharing with you.
Life's moments cannot be retrieved; so what could I do
while there in the warmth...

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In eggshell dark before the dawn,   
I've tiptoed out to touch the stars.    
It's empty where my heart belongs.

In eggshell dark, before the dawn,    
one star, we...

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It’s a dot in the sky 
Or is it …
The queen of the heavens 
The youthful princess
On whom shall never descend the 
Wrinkles of old age
Her gait as smooth as feathers on silk
And yet so...

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It’s a dot in the sky 
Or is it …
The queen of the heavens 
The youthful princess
On whom shall never descend the 
Wrinkles of old age
Her gait as smooth as feathers on silk
And yet so...

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Well I feel your trauma I'm no stranger
to the misery of a broken heart and the
drama you try to avoid everyday...every night
moving in the same circles you've been
moving in for so long...blind in the dark
I...

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Why wait in the dark of the dawn
When the bright morning light beckon
Behold! To the sun a son is born
For the earth aglow with pride in the horizon
Rise! Drink of cistern of the morning
Now that...

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A red thread we wear with pride,
For the love that won’t subside.
In shadows deep; the fight was born,
Yet through the dark, a new dawn shone.

A virus does not define the soul,
Courage and strength play the...

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In the dark of night, under the stars 
 My lover is nestled in my arms. 
 Breathing softly, our fingers entwine- 
 I feel his love; he feels mine. 
  
In the dark...

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The lie between the line which fades
To bring a life, to save a life back from the brink of day.
For those who share and those who save,
The final word is all but theirs -
The binding...

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The days grow shorter on the spindle 
of North winds crispy, frosted breath
and winter patches white o'er brindle
where autumn's bow has left her flesh.

The hours dwindle brushed by twilight's broom
that paints the dark revealing moontide’s...

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Holes in my socks also my shoes
Holes in the day, nothing to lose
Holes in my soul, nothing will flow
Holes in my dreams, nowhere to go

Holes in my pockets, no money to spend
Holes in my wanting...

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