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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 4 – Masters)
Topic: Day and Night (07/10/14)
Day sends her emissary, Dawn,
To paint sky’s wide expanse
And waken sleepy Morning from
A lazy dreaming trance.

Day carries satchels filled with light
From rays of shining sun,
Then rests she in her gilded world,
Her gold designing done.

She is the overseer of clouds
That roll and toss and tumble,
Delivering great drops of rain
As thunders growl and rumble.

Reluctant is Day at the end.
She’s no desire to leave
And turn her powers over to
The master of the eve.

At twilight time Night tiptoes in
With gauzy colors streaming,
Ahead of darkness falling and
The rays of new moon’s gleaming.

The stars appear like twinkling buds
In Night’s immense bouquet.
How strange it is that they seem close
When they’re so far away.

As Day delivers radiance,
Night carries ebony.
Their difference is obvious
For all the world to see.

While Day gives time to work and play,
Then Night shares hours for rest.
The Lord created both of them
That mankind might be blessed.
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Member Comments
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Date
Elizabeth Baize
07/17/14
I loved the imagery!!
Lynda Schultz 
07/18/14
Beautiful.
Ellen Carr 
07/18/14
Lovely in its visual imagery and uplifting in its tone. Well done!
Joe Moreland
07/19/14
Your use of language is masterful here. I felt myself drawn into the poetry on a deeper and deeper level the further I read. That doesn't usually happen for me.

There was a profoundness about this piece that left me quietly thinking afterwards.

Thanks for sharing it with us.
Danielle King 
07/19/14
Oooh, every word exquisite. I love it to bits!
Francy Judge 
07/19/14
This is beautiful and a creative idea for the topic. I love your imagery. Great job!
lynn gipson 
07/19/14
Great ABCB. Beautifully written with good flow and rhyme. Well done, poet.
Margaret Kearley
07/19/14
SO Beautiful! A wonderful poem filled with exquisite descriptions - day carries satchels of light - just great! Love the title too.
Lollie Hofer 
07/19/14
Incredibly well done. Great message and wonderful use of this week's topic. Beautiful.
Jody Day 
07/21/14
Beautiful and very well done. Good job:)
Graham Insley 
07/21/14
Your poetry is always a delight and you have an excellent command of words.

Blessings.
Bea Edwards 
07/22/14
I'm sure it's a bit cliche but this was truly poetry in motion!
Judith Gayle Smith
07/22/14
I would love to see this in an illustrated book. It is so beautiful, so well written, and I wish I could write like you!
Beth LaBuff 
07/22/14
This is the kind of poetry that the reader loves to explore. It satisfies and delights the creative cravings of the soul. :) I'm in love with your metaphor, "her emissary, Dawn" and phrases like "satchels filled with light," "overseer of clouds" and "Night's immense bouquet." I hope this does very well. It deserves to be read and appreciated by many. <3
Shann Hall-LochmannVanBennekom 
07/23/14
The personification of Day and Night is sheer poetry. I envy your beautiful placement of each word. What a beautiful piece of art you have created.
C D Swanson 
07/23/14
Breathtakingly beautiful!

God bless~
Shann Hall-LochmannVanBennekom 
07/24/14
Congratulations! Happy Dance!
C D Swanson 
07/24/14
Congrats!

God bless~
Ellen Carr 
07/26/14
Congratulations, Verna, on your well deserved EC place.