Sundial Poems | Examples

Sundial Huitain

With flames our story has begun,
my eyes are blinded by your smile;
Our love was painted in the Sun;
I have not felt this for a while,
maybe this time I’m not on trial;
Was it fate or the time of day? 
Oh, serendipitous sundial! 
I’m in awe of the game in play.

Sundial

man tries playing tag with God
God moves at the speed of light
man strolls along sundial time

Emagi a Sundial

William Soutar 'A SUNDIAL'

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What Is a Sundial In the Shade

*Image of Sundial Lawn Landscape by Pixabay.

What is a sundial in the shade?

"What is a sundial in the shade?"
use your gifts and be not afraid,
let your light so shine before men,
and share to all your waking ken,
all simple minds can see the hill,
yet, few whose beacon shines their skill,
ignorance ain't so much a shame,
to be well-learned you should proclaim,
the skilled will test the watery deep, 
knowing fully ne'er use both feet,
slip of the foot you'll recover,
slip of the tongue you'll ne'er get o'er,
no one should be their own teacher,
lest a fool will be their master,
an old adage; with age comes wisdom,
although, age comes alone for some.

2021 September 23
*4th Place*
Motto Matters
~~Natasha L Scragg: Judged 2021 September 30

Sundial and Sandclock

SUN DIAL and SAND CLOCK

        Sand clock or an hour- glass:
        A device of two bulbs with small slit at the junction,
        sand dusts to pass 
      
         Using sunray
         Sundial shows Sun’s direction
         at day.

         Sun-Sand
         clocks to mention
          Grand!

        Sand clock or an hour- glass.
         Sundial shows Sun’s direction.
         Grand!
     
        01/25/ 21


   Sun- Sand Minichu Contest by Mohan Chutani

Sundial Wisdom

As the sun touches my dial
Warmth becomes me in daylight while
At night I sleep and do not have the time
For the suns smile helps me with time

As this bright light moves around 
Shade tells me the time
My dial is tall and does not move
Yet rotates with the earth around and around

When the clouds above cover me I take a nap
Not caring what time it maybe
I have been around since 293 BC
I never get tired of telling you the time

I am your every-ready Time piece

The Wisdom of the Sundial

I only tell of sunny hours...
for they are all I know.
To speak of winds, I would be vain
to guess which way they blow.

I will not try to gauge the rain.
How silly would I look!
The tides? the moon? to plant, or not?
Best check the farmer's book.

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The sundial speaks of what she knows
of all else she is quiet.
I could be spared so many woes,
if only I would try it!










February 18, 2019
Sundial Wisdom Poetry Contest
Sponsor, Julia Ward

My Sundial

I only tell of sunny hours...
For I have found a new direction.
Like the sun shinning on a sundial,
hope follows me whence I travel. 
For its not what life owes me, its what
I owe life.

I've learn that happiness is a direction
and not a place which I travel with hope
along a road which I have made. My road is
built with dreams that I carry within
my heart; and nothing in this world
will make me kneel to fear. 

Hope follows like a shadow, regardless of
the weather and instead of looking for the bad, 
I look for the good. My sundial really does
not need the sun, for I carry a light that
shines on me. I don't have to look for
happiness, for hope is my companion. 

Contest,
Sponsored by Julia Ward, Sundial Wisdom.  Feb 16,2019

Sundial

I only tell of sunny hours while expemplifying gardens in full bloom
a magnet for songing birds that flute and flit  I am none other then
a telling wand with hints of shadow from a sunburst sunny day  

Concentric circles I do make by an energy powered bloom  
my happiest hours are spent in telling time by mystical divine 
I am a digital sculpture with tile like mirrors that reflect beauty

In every corner of the world people are awakening to the morn 
attached to the surface I own printed numbers that add to infinity
I know no other message true, but sundial reads of handle care 

I move across the sky with subtle moves in peaceful waves 
using the light of the sun to tell how hour and moments live 
inside the gardeners beating heart and thriving scented thyme  

I only tell of sunny hours while feeding up her summer muse 
and as the sky turns sweet magenta blue I quietly reserve a spot 
for moon to visit up the flowers of my optimistic telling room . 

Feb 15, 2019

The Happy Sundial

The Happy Sundial

I only tell of sunny hours...
My face is never dark or dour.
I make a point of sunlight’s cast 
and smile to see the shadows pass.

I only tell of joyful hours....
Love springtime days with pretty flowers.
I keep my face turned to the sky....
The bright sunlight shines in my eye.

I only know of happy times,
latitude and hour-lines.
My finger points to noonday sun
that warms the hearts of everyone.

2/13/19

Solar Secrets

I only tell of sunny hours ...
Although dark shadows cast their gloom.
My prototype in ancient times
Stood guard outside a Pharaoh's tomb.
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From Egypt's Valley of the Kings
To dreaming spires of Oxford town,
My heritage of solar time
From east to west has earned renown.
                                                                 
I only tell of pleasant times
Although dark moments leave their trace,
But I prefer to spread the light
And show the world a sunny face.


13.02.19

Sundial Wisdom Poetry Contest : sponsored by Julia Ward

*note: A sundial dating to the 13th century B.C. and considered one of the oldest Egyptian sundials, was discovered in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, the burial place of rulers from Egypt's New Kingdom period (around 1550 B.C. to 1070 B.C.).

* various sundials dot the university town of Oxford, the most famous of which can be found in Corpus Christi College.

Sundial

I only tell of sunny hours...
          While quartering each day
               In shaded lines or angles
     To point the passing way

Thus tireless in my duties
          Of minding moments, rife
               But only those in sunlight
     The brightest times of life

My minutes turn to hours
          And hours thus move on
               To spin as lives about me
     Until day's light has gone

But if you fear the moments
          'Til daylight won't be soon
               I'll still be minding hours thru
     The bright ... of every moon.




~ 2nd Place ~  in the "Sundial Wisdom" Poetry Contest, Julia Ward, Judge & Sponsor.

I Am a Proud Greek Sundial

I AM A PROUD GREEK SUNDIAL

I only tell of sunny hours historically,
And go back to when I was built, 
Fifty years before Christ was born,
Have been renovated and rebuilt!

My name is Tower of the Winds,
I live in Agora, Athens Greece,
I live at the summit, on top,
Tell time and season, quite an eyepiece

Lord Elgin attempted to remove me from
Greece and take me to Britain but failed,
But I the sundial perched high above,
Stand proud as Elgin’s actions were curtailed!

Entered into sundial wisdom poetry contest 12/2/2019

Sunny Hours

I only tell of sunny hours...
I,Gnomon,
Sundial yeoman;
Suntanned sentinel 
Stand watch,
Shedding tears for unrequited love.
My cooling shadow stalks sun;
Caresses with timely sunscreen
Sweet sundial’s gilt Egyptian face.
Ask me time of day;
“Shadow knows,” I’ll say.
Shadow will not rest
‘Til sun does nest.

My Sundial Oath

I only tell of sunny hours... 
then rest at night along with flowers.
No one will come in dark of night
to read the time I show in light.

I only tell of sunny hours;
the bright sunrise, my surface scours
to make my sundial shadow best
for time that is the pleasantest.

I only tell of sunny hours;
you see I have the magic powers...
to tell time's measure, work or play,
throughout the brilliance of your day.


Sandra M. Haight

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