The Day's End (7/2/88)
William Goresko 1951 (Philadelphia, PA) – 2008 (Willow Grove, PA)
Strong oak limbs reach upward
Into the evening sky against which
Its leaves are sharply etched.
Large clouds slowly take shape and
Then dissolve, parts of my being that
I can't quite touch. On the horizon
Scarlet fades into magenta then pink
Where the rays of the setting sun,
Barely visible, streak the dusk,
Visitors from another world. I watch,
Bathed in the ethereal glow of this
Most perfect of days ends while nearby
A robin stalks its prey in the
Sweet coolness of twilight.
For the moment, all is bliss as
Daylight slips silently into darkness.
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Submitted by cuwoodford on May 31, 2021
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
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| Words | 97 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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