From the Mountains of the Sun

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December Dreaming

December Dreaming

A Sunset Poem, Haiku, and a Translation

A. Christine Myers
Dec 11, 2023
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Sunset Dream

I have seen the slow light falling–
Green in gold and gold on green–
When the sunset fell to sleeping,
Moments lagging half unseen
While the gold lay on the evening
Ere the gray had lost its gleam.
There I saw it for a moment:
Stood and watched the sunset’s dream.

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