Rising Sun – A Quadrille

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Rising Sun – A Quadrille
 
As it finally breaks the dawn
stealing from the night
It wakens the sleeping birds
as it bathes the world in light    
 
The sun’s great yellow orb
rising slowly in the big sky
flanked by cotton ball clouds
sitting way up there on high               
 
 
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©

Grace is hosting Monday Quadrille
at D'Verse Poets tonight.  Our prompt is 'Sun'
A quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words
excluding the title

Ipage by Mohamed Hassan, Pixabay

  26 comments for “Rising Sun – A Quadrille”

  1. paeansunplugged
    July 15, 2019 at 11:11 pm

    How lovely! 🙂💞

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    • Christine Bolton
      July 16, 2019 at 8:32 am

      Thanks my dear 🙂💕

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      • paeansunplugged
        July 16, 2019 at 8:34 am

        Always a pleasure! 😊

  2. rothpoetry
    July 15, 2019 at 11:21 pm

    Very nice poem. Love the cotton-ball clouds.

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    • Christine Bolton
      July 16, 2019 at 8:32 am

      Thank you Dwight 🙂

      Reply
  3. msjadeli
    July 15, 2019 at 11:26 pm

    beautiful quadrille to sunrise and what a lovely photo, Christine

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    • Christine Bolton
      July 16, 2019 at 8:32 am

      Thanks Lisa 🙂

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      • msjadeli
        July 16, 2019 at 1:24 pm

        You are welcome, Christine.

  4. revivedwriter
    July 15, 2019 at 11:45 pm

    I like the phrase “great yellow orb.”

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    • Christine Bolton
      July 16, 2019 at 8:31 am

      Thank you! 🙂

      Reply
  5. michnavs
    July 16, 2019 at 3:45 am

    A beautiful quadrille

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    • Christine Bolton
      July 16, 2019 at 8:31 am

      Thanks so much 🙂💕

      Reply
  6. SilverGardenia
    July 16, 2019 at 7:31 am

    Those cotton ball clouds are lovely!

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    • Christine Bolton
      July 16, 2019 at 8:28 am

      Thank you so m much 🙂

      Reply
  7. thelonelyauthorblog
    July 16, 2019 at 7:55 am

    Lovely

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    • Christine Bolton
      July 16, 2019 at 8:28 am

      Thank you!! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Frank Hubeny
    July 16, 2019 at 10:20 am

    I like the description of the rising sun stealing from the night.

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    • Christine Bolton
      July 16, 2019 at 12:33 pm

      Thank you! 🙂

      Reply
  9. Grace
    July 16, 2019 at 12:27 pm

    A lovely rising sun with those cotton ball clouds.

    Thanks for being part of our dVerse community.

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    • Christine Bolton
      July 16, 2019 at 12:54 pm

      Thank you Grace. I appreciate it 🙂

      Reply
  10. Christine Bolton
    July 16, 2019 at 12:52 pm

    Thank you Grace. I appreciate it 🙂

    Reply
  11. robtkistner
    July 16, 2019 at 3:10 pm

    Excellent write Christine. I was held attentive through the read, thank you for sharing this! 🙂 Love the pic!

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    • Christine Bolton
      July 16, 2019 at 8:23 pm

      Thank you so much Rob!! I really appreciate it🙂💕

      Reply
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  13. Dr. Crystal Grimes
    July 22, 2019 at 9:15 pm

    Vibrant imagery, well done!

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    • Christine Bolton
      July 22, 2019 at 9:31 pm

      Thanks Crystal 🙂💕

      Reply

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