dawn

  • O Antiphons: Dayspring

        O come, thou Dayspring from on high,        and cheer us by thy drawing nigh;    dispense the gloomy clouds of night,        and death's dark shadow put to flight. We watchnot only through dark nightsbut also dark days.Who filled the worldwith… Continue reading

  • Dawn and Dusk

    Dawn comesspilling over the Eastern horizonlike a broken egg yolk running through the fields,up and over rooftops. Dusk comesflouncing over the Western horizonlike an overlooked debutantegathering her dusty skirtsand exiting the dance. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries.… Continue reading

  • Look Up

    Within your perceptual fielda noxious concept takes root.It's all your awareness can see,an obsession that batters your heart. Look up. It's only one weed in a meadow of blooms,one prickly but singular plant.Stretching for miles are blossoms of dawn:all yours… Continue reading

  • Dawn’s First Fingers

    Dawn's first fingersreach around our neighbor's houseand stroke the graying slatsof our tool shed. A small gray catpussyfoots her wayup the naked, broken trellisto the cracked, tacked, faded gray shingles of the roof.She faces the sun,raises one paw,licks it twice,settles… Continue reading