Twilight
twilight grey and dim
it's not my favorite time
time of life's season
twilight for child's play
nice out cool can barely see
fireflies light their way
twilight for the pets
please may we be fed our due
then we watch you feast
workers love twilight
clean their tools wash their faces
null vicious cycle
mothers take deep breathcook feed bathe kids turn their beds
then night is for self
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who dies in twilight
that question asked of Google
"is" is not defined
King David was old
could not keep warm even when
put covers o'er him
young virgin to attend him
lie beside him keep him warm
(more in 1 Kings 1:1-4)
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Note: David did not have intimate relations with the young lady:
(more in 1 Kings 1:1-4)
1 When King David was old and well advanced in years, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. 2 So his servants said to him, "Let us look for a young virgin to attend the king and take care of him. She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may keep warm."
3 Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 4 The girl was very beautiful; she took care of the king and waited on him, but the king had no intimate relations with her.
Jeremiah who wrote this may have had a censoring wife (Jim's reasoning). She said this was not good to write, people would think wrongly of David. So he added the half line, "but the king had no intimate relations with her."
Tag: One Single Impression Twilight
Tag: Jim's OSI
Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do. Edgar Dégas
The same may go for poetry? (whatever, I enjoy painting with the words!).
An interesting range of twilight scenarios.
ReplyDeleteSome marvellous snippets of life there.
ReplyDeleteNice array of twilight experiences.
ReplyDeleteThat slowing down that suggests a resting or a dying is both comforting and discomfiting.
ReplyDeleteKing David sure did know what he was doing, didn't he?
a gorgeous walk through the seasons of life. somehow the associate of death & twilight is a comfort to me. (it is my favorite time of day)
ReplyDeleteLove the last look at twilight and death. Interesting poem showing many sides of the same thing.
ReplyDelete"mothers take deep breath
ReplyDeletecook feed bathe kids turn their beds
then night is for self"
This one I could see ..
the others darn near confused me ...
except King James.
lot's of different takes on twilight -- it means so many things.
ReplyDeleteYou got a tremendous amout out of this - very imaginative!
ReplyDeleteHi Jim--
ReplyDeleteLiked these, but had a comment to your story about King David...
That's too bad! That he didn't have 'relations' with Abishag--might have kept him alive a little longer! Just my 2 cents!!
Thanks, Jim--nice work--
Encyclopaedic knowledge of twilight revealed here, love the bit about King David and Abishag!
ReplyDeleteThe NaisaiKu.. Challenge!
my favorite was about fireflies. a nostalgic sense..
ReplyDeletei like what you say about children's twilight
ReplyDeleteInteresting compilation of twilight thoughts. And the snippet of King David was a clever addition.
ReplyDeleteThese are really so varied, Jim. So many aspects; very nice. And I agree the little bit about K. David was neat.
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try the church of google too
Excellent poem Jim. I too feel life's call at twilight and would think many pass away at this time. Loved your comment on King David.
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I loved the variety of life at twilight Jim.
ReplyDeleteI think you covered everyone's twilights... I loked them- and the pictures of course!
ReplyDeleteJim,
ReplyDeleteI liked how you viewed twilight time for so many different seasons of life.
How well I recall chasing fireflies when I was a child...it was a fun time.
You really worked this twilight metaphor
ReplyDeleteMuch love...
I know those twilights of children and mothers -- and as far as David's twilight, I am in agreement that the added line about "no relations" may have been written to keep public opinion in the King's favor. David is such an overpowering, amazing figure in Biblical history -- one of my favorites, and probably also one of the greatest debated. Makes me want to renew my studies of him -- interesting to think of his twilight. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteTwilight can be a delight if it's not too early... as it starts to be.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to have the opportunity to read this poem. Than kings for sharing, Jim.
ReplyDeleteThe old can never keep warm. We pile the blankets over mother's feet while we take off our outer garments and long to open a window.
ReplyDeleteI like the notation at the end, all the images your poem evokes.
I liked the variety of scenarios, particularly those where it is a welcome part of daily living.
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