[stylist] poem about the sky

[KajunCutie926 at aol.com]

Love it, love it, love it, Barbara.. going into the folder now..) 
Myrna
 
 
In a message dated 3/29/2013 3:05:25 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
poetlori8 at msn.com writes:

And it  will do you no good if I don’t attach the poem. LOL! (Fingers went 
crazy and  sent the email instead of going to the menu to choose to attach  
it.)
Barbara


THE SKY

By Barbara  Hammel



BLUE-VIOLET is a winter sky

Above the fields of  white.

Ink-black or deep velvet-blue

Is its color during the  night.




At sunrise it flashes rose and yellow,

At  sunset it glows shades of red.

When the smell of wetness fills the  air

The sky is gray as lead.




Hail and tornado turn  it to

An eerie purple-green.

Its flaming-blue of autumn  time

Is unlike any color I've seen.




In summer, a  bright but gentle blue,

In spring, a dazzling one.

And sometimes  streaks or pillows of clouds

Whiten blue or block out the  sun.




The sky is always beautiful

However it chooses  to look.

It's really sad to think some people

Only see it in a  science book.




When all they really need to do

Is  stop and look for a moment or two.

If they'd only stop staring at feet  as they walk,

And look up, they'd enjoy a better  view.




But I think there's something they're really afraid  of.

It's raising their sights too high.

I wish I knew why  they're scared of that,

Goodness sakes, they'll just see the  sky.




It doesn't expect a thing from you,

It doesn't  demand your time,

It doesn't set deadlines that you can't  make.

But for the poet, it sings a rhyme.




Poetry is  an echo, asking a shadow to dance. -- Carl  Sandburg
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