Birth Of Day Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Birth Of Day

Rating: 5.0


Babe is night
And mum is day.
Dawn is day's lullaby
To ease the sense of emptiness
Night gets at early light.
'Am I all that's left? '
Asks silhouetted palm.
'You're nothing if not right, '
Lullaby replies,
Comforting the night.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Feipeng Shang 01 November 2017

Dawn has a big heart, and we'll love it... thought provoking!

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Tom Allport 29 June 2017

a nice write of conflicting notions of night comfort or being empty through out the day? ...........well written.

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Savita Tyagi 20 November 2016

Wondeful and interesting conversation.

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Rose Kanana 10 September 2016

quite a twist this is, well written

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Edward Kofi Louis 05 April 2016

Comforting the night. Thanks for sharing.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 06 October 2021

Very impressive talking to the self.5 Stars full and to my Favourites

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Luo Zhihai 03 December 2020

Dawn is day's lullaby Baby is our forever love!

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so lovely Douglas Scotney.. i liked.. lovely 10 Days are Friday,17th July 2020 evenings bring respite when you relax and ignite some passion for reading the day is ending fast nights have no trouble as you did struggle for the whole day and now may sleep all the way Hasmukh Mehta

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Michael Walker 08 April 2019

An insightful poem indeed about the wondrous dawn.

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Bri Edwards 03 August 2018

this is interesting and i'll send to MyPoemList in order to easily reference it in the future, ........perhaps. palm is of a hand or tree or? ? ? ? poor Night! bri :)

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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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