FROM ABOVE....

CLEAR EVENING 

   by Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) from the collection " Dark Side of the Moon" ( 1926)

The Crescent moon is large enough to linger

A little while after the twilight goes

This night the garden perfumes are earth and apple

dewy pine and rose....

Over my head four new-cut stars are glinting

And the inevitable night draws on;

Evenings on evenings

Years on years forever

Be taut, my spirit, close upon and keep

The scent.....

the brooding chill

the gilding fire-fly

A poem I learned before I fall asleep....

                                                                                            EACH EVENING.......

"We are all naturally seekers of wonders. We travel far to see the majesty of old ruins, the venerable forms of the hoary mountains, great waterfalls, and galleries of art. And yet the world's wonder is all around us; the wonder of setting suns, and evening stars, of the magic spring-time..." -Albert Pike

            "Every evening brings us closer to God..." -Martin Luther

"So let us welcome peaceful evening in.." -William Cowper

 photographs 2025