Still Of The Night Poem by Hemakumar Nanayakkara

Still Of The Night

Rating: 4.9


Moonlight falls over
the mountains
Coolness spreads
throughout the air
Silky clouds sail
gently across the sky
Moon River flows
into the dark night

Houses and streets
Gardens and fields
Mountains and lakes
Bathe in Moon water

Droplets of dew
drizzle from the sky
Like tiny crystals
sprinkle from above
A touch of freshness
embraces the world
Miracally enlivening
mudane lives on earth

Stars brightly twinkle
all over the sky
Like hundreds of flowers
blooming to spy
Continuously twinkle
throughout the night
Beautifully illuminating
the midnight sky

Streets stand empty
from dusk till dawn
Lamp posts glow
all night long
House lights gleam
scattered dim flickers
Spreading a kind of hush
in the still of the night...


Copyright(c) Hemakumar Nanayakkara

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Sandra Fowler 13 April 2008

Excellent. You are a fine word painter. The last stanza resonates with this reader. Warm regards, Sandra

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Patricia Gale 17 April 2008

A masterpiece of the night.... wonderful.

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Ernestine Northover 20 April 2008

Another lovely write and the imagery is a delight to read. You have a wonderful way of expressing the scenes in your work. Great to peruse. love and hugs Ernestine XXX

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Bonnie Collins 22 April 2008

Very warm write, penned with so much tenderness, it is so well expressed you can actually feel the night setting in........Excellent! ! !

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Mamta Agarwal 05 May 2008

you have created very vivid picture of the silence of the night.please read my poems on similar lines-before the day breaks and and after the sunset.

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Cheryl Lynn Moyer-peele 13 December 2008

Hemakumar - You must be a peace with the world to see such beauty. Let this vision of this transformation of darkness go from your lips to God's ear, then to men's hearts. Blessings - Cheryl

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Bob Gibson 15 September 2008

You have painted such a serene picture, you have taken the reader into the depths of your poem. well done regards Bob

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Linda Moore 14 August 2008

Beautiful, it sounds so peaceful

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Viola Grey 10 August 2008

so refreshing to find beauty in the night...so few see so clearly...beautiful work

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Vilma Xelin 06 August 2008

lovely way to write my dear friend, so fresh, so happy, so younger soul! thanks for sharing! and keep writing I love to read you!

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