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A poem written this morning as an example of a verse form Cornish Fourteenth Century Stanza but the content is appropriate for the day... Happy Easter!

Sunrise Service

Empty cross upon a hill,
rising sun warms morning chill,
joyful sounds fill the air.
I stand within the faithful press
In MaryJanes and yellow dress,
age 8, I can only stare.
                  ---Judi Van Gorder

 

~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~

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I can see the young girl so clearly, too young to fully grasp the great significance of the service yet recognizing that something really special is going on. Besides she has a new dress- you don't get a new dress unless something is really important. Somehow I see all the adults in this picture in shades of grey. She alone is in color. Perhaps it is her innocents that makes her shine. Spiritually- Do we fade to shades of grey as the realities this life, like your rising sun, dawn upon us? Hmmmm?

 

Love the picture that you have shared

 

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Thanks rhymeguy, yes I remember events by what I wore...it is true. I loved that yellow dress with the white collar. Nothing fancy but it was special to me. And the event made a lasting impression obviously.

 

DC, Thank you.

 

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~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~

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  • 2 years later...
Larsen M. Callirhoe

tinker lovely memory writing about a great adoring easter memory of your enduring childhood. of course the poem would be shorter because how much could you describe in this wonderul memories that would be telling instead of showing. imho this poem is a excellent poem that not only shows inhancing the readers visual pereption wnting wanting only to read more. nice job judy.

 

 

 

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