a captured sunrise
fire and gold of sky and sea
bannered with fire, gold
Based on the poem, Monotone by Carl Sandburg as printed in Chicago Poems (H. Holt and Company, New York, 1916), the section titled, Fog and Fires.
The poem reads:
The monotone of the rain is beautiful,
And the sudden rise and slow relapse
Of the long multitudinous rain.
The sun on the hills is beautiful,
Or a captured sunset sea-flung,
Bannered with fire and gold.
A face I know is beautiful —
With fire and gold of sky and sea,
And the peace of long warm rain.
It rained all yesterday.
It rained all last night.
A long multitudinous rain.
This morning as I drove over the Cross Island Parkway bridge, the sun broke through, and bannered the sky with fire and gold.
Sometimes I feel a little goofy, sheepish maybe, that so many times I have used photos of the sunrise from this bridge.
But all times, I know I would feel worse if I crossed that bridge and didn’t notice anything special.
As for turning to the word painting of Mr. Sandburg for content, I make no apology.
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