western
could I be
a sundown man
enfold you
unfold you
the colored rays
of our shining
the western sky
at evening?
~ ralph murre
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Occasional Glimpses Into the Voyage From the Helmsman, Ralph Murre
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- Ralph Murre
- Ralph Murre is the author of "Crude Red Boat" and "The Price of Gravity, both books of poetry; author and illustrator of "Psalms", a book of poetry and art, co-author, (with Sharon Auberle)of "Wind Where Music Was", a book of poems of experience, and he is editor/publisher of several books of prose, poetry, photography, and drawings from Little Eagle Press, which he founded. Ordering information for these books is available from littleeaglepress@gmail.com , as is information regarding this site. ----------------->>>- NOTE WELL: (c) ALL CONTENT OF THIS SITE, BOTH VERBAL AND VISUAL, IS THE COPYRIGHT PROPERTY OF RALPH MURRE, UNLESS OTHERWISE CREDITED. -<<<--------------------------------------
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2 comments:
I really love the sentiment with this. For some reason though, I stumble over part of it, like my brain is missing a word or phrase. It's just me, don't worry.
It is a lovely piece.
Thanks, Jennifer. I suppose those closing lines, if written as prose, would go something like, "Could the colored rays of our shining BE the western sky at evening?", and maybe that's how the poem should read, but I like it as is.
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