ALOHA
Welcome, Friend,
to the Time of Mystery
click on photos to enter deepest night
"The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight
has been present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"No sight is more productive of awe than is the night sky." Llewelyn Powys |
Poems written upon awakening at dawn are called aubades.
"The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don't go back to sleep.
Rumi
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Watching a small film called Three Days of Rain
inspired the poem below.
Some of you know that my Hawaii novel Aloha Where You Like Go
largely takes place in a Honolulu taxi at night.
The film took me right back to the taxi - and to the sacred night. . .
At the bottom of this blog you will see the cover of my book.
You may click on it to go to Amazon.com and read over 25 reviews!
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Things seen at night
fill me with delight.
They have a "not quite"
that somehow shows their deeper true.
All cats are gray
and pass on little mist feet.
A raindrop's path
down a pane of glass
is the timeline of an empire
too much to know:
dissolving,
freezing Master Mind.
Inconsequential words
are freighted with
eternity.
Inner seas hold sway-
till the light changes
and we continue
on our way.
We've reached your destination;
Thanks for riding along!
ALOHA, cloudia
27 comments:
I love the first quote and the photo of the moon.
The poem seems very beautiful but the translating in french does not allow me to appreciate it very well.
Aloha, Cloudia !
Aye that changing of the light certainly brings a change of the mind.
inspiring.
Lovely photos Cloudia. x
How important light is, shall we realise if we miss it. Moonlight, even if it's indirect light from the sun, adds a mysterious value to a dark and cold world, which is our world in Northern Europe now. Have a great and lovely day, Cloudia!
I like this poem very much. Thinking of the drop on the windowpane as the timeline of an empire. Yes. Wow.
And Rumi. I will listen.
Awesome! There is something so peaceful about looking up at a night sky.
Today's new word, aubades... a special word thought for a special time of day when lovers must separate because the real world intervenes. How beautiful and though provoking. Thank you!
Aloha,
from Cairo! :)
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Lovely quotes and pics, darling!
xoxox,
CC
Love it!
And your book sounds fascinating.
Pearl
great poem. I love the "little mist feet." So perfect a description of cats walking.
Nicely done, and the the picture of the moon with the quote from Emerson is a perfect matching. But I liked best the picture of the skyline at night. My last time in Boston our hotel window looked out across the Charlse River and I had a perfect nighttime view of Cambridge. I spent a long time at the window with my camera photographing the city at night. Aloha, Cloudia.
Nice shot of the moon and skyline! I don't know about getting up at dawn, though. lol Aloha, cher!
Very creative!
Lovely night shots & beautiful poem. :)
Thank you sleepy-heads!
good
cj
I would love to read your book. I love, love, love Hawaii.
Georgeous photos, by the way. :-)
really evocative.
v
That's why I am so much in love with rain. Please have a wonderful Wednesday.
Lovely photos, wondreful poem, and I LOVE the Rumi quote.
I love the night and the moon.
Your poem is beautiful and really captures so much of the feeling.
I love the night and the moon.
Your poem is beautiful and really captures so much of the feeling.
"All cats are gray in the dark." Love the little mist feet too!
I once read an absolutely gorgeous erotic love story called "All Cats Are Gray."
I love this post, Cloudia. The photos are spectacular and the poem is very cool.
I love these night photos! Amazing!
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