The Poets light but Lamps --
Themselves -- go out --
The Wicks they stimulate
If vital Light
Inhere as do the Suns --
Each Age a Lens
Disseminating their
Circumference --
“The Poets light but Lamps –” (930) by Emily Dickinson [w/ Audio]
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Into the Last Light [Haiku]
leaving the forest,
see the last light of the day
warm the hilltop.
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“There’s a certain Slant of light” (320) by Emily Dickinson [w/ Audio]
There's a certain slant of light,
Winter Afternoons --
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tunes --
Heavenly Hurt, it gives us --
We can find no scar,
But internal difference --
Where the Meanings, are --
Non may teach it -- Any --
'Tis the seal Despair --
An imperial affliction
Sent us of the Air --
When it comes, the Landscape listens --
Shadows -- hold their breath --
When it goes, 'tis like the Distance
On the look of Death --
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Evergreen? [Tanka]
"the trees are green!"
except when blue, white, or black:
in morning sun,
in peak sun, in moonlight,
under dense clouds, or no clouds.
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Trick of Light [Haiku]
in summer sun,
some evergreens look frosted,
as if snow-laden.
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Two Rivers Merge [Tanka]
two rivers merge:
the smaller, lighter branch
seems shut out, but
the bigger river moves
onward a lighter shade.
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Sunny Side [Haiku]
light on my face,
i look across the dark valley
to sun-fringed mountains.
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Light Play [Haiku]
light penetrates a fissure,
illuminating a raw wound in rock.
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Last Gasp [Haiku]
the sun's last gasp
glows against walls and towers,
but forms deep shadows.
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Low Light [Tanka]
the color blobs
cast onto floor & wall
by stained glass light
are brightest just before
the sun drops out of sight.
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