Sun sheen in the eastward sky
painting the hibiscus
in red streaked illumination
tropical imagination
highlighting the hopeful heart leaves
of purple morning glory.
Those things with feathers
the original angry birds
one pissed off cardinal
sending chippety-chirps
carefully coded reminders
that seeds have not yet rained from the sky
in sunflower abandon.
I have, in these years,
discarded the ragged
too late sleep of my youth
to embrace these meek mornings
first light, sky regal
as if God’s fingertips
are imparting strands of
gleaming, glimmering vibrance.
Raking radiance
in abundance
as sacred rays of sunlight
seal this covenant
with nature.
Those are gorgeous words and lovely flowers, Lana. I have a similar emotional connection with nature, I like your wording it as a “covenant.” Nature renews my spirit and gives me energy. 🙂
Thank you, Robin. It is a glorious and precious thing. I love summer, and luckily, it hasn’t become horribly hot here just yet. 🙂 xo
So lovely.
Thanks so much!
Beautiful words and lovely pictures!! 🙂 I just love hibiscus flowers! 😀 Have a great day, Lana!! Sarah 🙂
Thanks so much Sarah. I love hibiscus too, although this is is a tropical one so I have to drag it inside before winter, a labor intensive endeavor. I also have one that is native to my area and it is also pretty but not as lovely as the tropical one. Have a wonderful day also!
You´re very welcome! 🙂 I, too, have to drag my hibisci (?) inside, but it´s worth the effort, isn´t it? They are such lovely flowers 🙂 Everytime they blossom, I feel a bit like I´m in Hawaii or somewhere similar 🙂
Oh yes they are. I also feel like I’m somewhere else…somewhere I’d rather be, ha ha. I was actually reading a quote today by Lady Bird Johnson. She said, “where there are blooms, there is hope.” I rather like it. I hope you enjoy a summer full of wonderful flowers!
That´s a perfect quote!! 🙂 And so true!! Wish you also a wonderful summer full of lovely flowers and sunshine!! 😀
Inspiring words for nature! Alas, I seldom see the sun as it rises even as I age. Have a safe Memorial Day. Enjoy these mild days so far as we go into summer. The rains so far have been welcome except for the flooding, of course.
These mild days have been such a blessing! I hope it isn’t flooding in your area, so far we have also been lucky with that. The mosquitoes are bad, though.
A beautiful take on what must surely be a gorgeous day!
Thanks Marissa. We have been so fortunate to have mild temperatures to this point. It is sometimes near 100 degrees in May and we have been having a heyday with these 80 degree temps. 😀
Oh that’s nice. It’s been really slow to heat up here. It actually doesn’t get really warm here until the middle of July anyway but this year has been especially cold.
It must have something to do with El Nino, although I thought that was supposed to end up not being a big deal. When we were in the drought, I researched the weather every day (we were in danger of having our lakes dry up). Didn’t know whether to run or where to run to. Now that it has been raining like crazy, I no longer know what type of weather pattern is occurring. I was wearing long sleeves the end of May. That never happens….
Yeah, we were pretty close. It’s supposed to get hot this week but now I’m more concerned about NY weather being that we’ll be there in less than a week. I can never predict the weather. I have no idea how one even does that.
That’s true, I don’t think anyone can really predict it, maybe a best guess scenario. I’m beginning to think it will never stop raining here.
Lovely poem and blooms!
Thanks so much, Anita!
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A BLOOMING MASTER WORK! 😀
Thank you so much 😀
Flowers at the end are lovely–! and poetry to match. 🙂
Thank you so much, and likewise for reblogging 😀
Only the truth…I said! 🙂
You must have a fantastic macro lens to get such depth of field. Good thoughts!
Thank you. I actually used my phone for these photos. Can you believe that cell phone cameras have come so far that it looks like a super duper camera?
That’s… unbelievable! Maybe I should try my HTC phone instead of my old Canon camera – I could get a pleasant surprise. It’s just so hard for me to accept that that little flat thingy can even take pictures, never mind good ones! Got to move along with the technology, I guess. Good side is, if it works, it’ll save me money, batteries… and space! Next kayak outing, I’m taking the phone. Thanks for letting me know how you do it.
Sure thing. You might be surprised. I do have a Nikon camera that I have been learning to use and keep putting it down because it takes time although truly it does very well on the “automatic” button. It is very convenient to only have to carry a cell phone, though. I’ll be watching for those kayak photos!
lovely photos. thanks for those. i enjoyed the poem, especially the lines “discarded the ragged/ too late sleep of my youth” because of the wonderful metaphor comparing sleep with something tactile, such as worn cloth. and “one pissed off cardinal” reminds me of how important humor is when getting through the day.
Thank you so much. I do have that rather domineering cardinal, and he is a sunflower seed pig, ha ha. Humor always helps. 🙂
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Lana, an inspirational poem on the sanctity of nature; harnessing its spiritual strength. I love your final lines of:
‘as sacred rays of sunlight
seal this covenant
with nature.’
Thanks so much, Annika. I believe that in these beautiful moments we can see how truly fortunate we are 🙂
Wonderful capture of dawn – love this: “as if God’s fingertips are imparting strands of gleaming, glimmering vibrance…” thanks for sharing!
Thank you for the wonderful compliment and also for visiting and reading my blog!