Break of Dawn
Walter Kielbowicz 1954 (Northampton, MA)
We listen for the whisper of the meadowland grass
As the nearby water shows a surface of glass
Asleep are the creatures that prowl the night
For the time has come with the rays of light
To start a new day and realize your dreams
To fulfill your life with more than it seems
Suddenly waking you open your eyes
And peer thru the window at sunny blue skies
A breeze in the trees as birds sing their song
With new beginnings having waited so long
And deer in the meadow show us their fawn
One might sit and wonder on this, the break of dawn
About this poem
This was selected for the Sound of Poetry and America at the Millennium, February 14, 2000.
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Written on December 15, 1999
Submitted by WallyK on January 15, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFF |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 560 |
Words | 106 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
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