The Pale Brightness
The Pale Brightness
Morning frost
Sleeping lost
Crunching grass
Magpies pass
In the pale brightness
Singing breeze
Breathing trees
Healing meadow
Soothing shadow
In the pale brightness
Gathering cloud
Hanging proud
Textured view
Hints of blue
In the pale brightness
Dampening rain
Forest lane
Leading light
Approaching night
In the pale brightness
If not some smile
To consider for a while
A brace of thought
Where creativity is caught
Release its energetic power
Like another unkempt shower
When feeling torn between the thoughts
Not wanting to be out of sorts
A furtive grin
Where exactly to begin
Start again and let it go
Swinging slowly to and fro
Falling sky
Straining eye
Seeking moon
Darkening soon
In the pale brightness
Calming dark
Quietly stark
Burning stars
No sound of cars
In the pale brightness
Dormant shout
Lights go out
Asleep in seconds
Dreaming beckons
In the pale brightness
Copyright: Steven Maugham 2023
About this poem
I have always had a penchant for coupling of words together that I think sound interesting and inviting, and this case as an oxymoron, it created an atmospheric quality that gave my the impetus to write this poem.
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Submitted by PaulSomerset on August 29, 2023
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| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 1 |
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