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Sunday, January 30, 2011

When the night lowers...

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A child enjoying Australia Day 2011 at the Dromana pier, Mornington Peninsula
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Carry on Tuesday #90 ~ We stay with children this week with the first verse of Longfellow’s poem The Children’s Hour:
Between the dark and the daylight
When the night is beginning to lower
Comes a pause in the day’s occupations
That is known as the Children’s Hour
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One Single Impression #153 ~ Evening
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Between the dark and the daylight
Slips Huckleberry time
(Like the yang of evening's yin)
A time to enjoy the adventures of impulse

Between the dark and the daylight
When the night is beginning to lower
Slips a time to enjoy
The bright lights of
Homelands

When the night is beginning to lower
Comes a pause in the day's occupations
To romp in the spirit of our river

A pause
We call
Children's Hour
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12 comments:

Nanka said...: That's the nicest picture I have seen. Aww!! So cute!! So caring and sharing...a true children's moment. Sure that was an irresistible impulse for the little boy.; January 30, 2011 5:11 PM
Reflections said...: Perfection! Stunning example of the children's hour....; January 30, 2011 6:01 PM
Ramesh Sood said...: Lovely poem..yes, children's hour.. wish all the children of the world could get such an hour..; January 30, 2011 8:09 PM
Amity said...: Longfellow's Children's Hour is very familiar with me...:)

When I have to write speeches for my superiors especially when the affair is about children's presentations and programs, I always start the message with Longfellow's...:)

And I could only smile as Gemma is so familiar with it too!

Very nice thoughts here my friend!; January 30, 2011 8:20 PM
Ice said...: A different take on the prompt , ah thats lovely !; January 30, 2011 9:54 PM
Leo said...: How did you get the effects on the picture? :) It makes it so endearing, Gemma.. the Children's Hour..and a quality in the child that's good to see..; January 31, 2011 12:26 AM
Teri C said...: Your 'children's hour' is just awesome!!! Love the pix with it.; January 31, 2011 4:00 AM
Tumblewords: said...: Oh, yes! How wonderfully charming this is.; January 31, 2011 12:52 PM
Whitesnake said...: It seems that so far my favorite word has something to do with enchanting!; February 1, 2011 7:17 AM
anthonynorth said...: Such a vital hour. Beautiful.; February 1, 2011 9:27 PM
Kim Nelson said...: Lovely image and imagery. Carried me along with your words.; February 2, 2011 4:37 AM
aldersprig said...: I really enjoyed "Huckleberry time;" lovely shorthand to describe it!; February 3, 2011 1:17 AM

Archive of Blog Quotes

A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent
Autumn is an introspective season when stray thoughts of the mind dive into the mystique of the soul - Gemma Wiseman
Autumn is the bridesmaid of Summer and the flowergirl of Winter ~ Gemma Wiseman
Autumn whispers the tones of yesterday in a minor key ~ Gemma Wiseman
Love is born / With a dark and troubled face, / When hope is dead / And in the most unlikely place; / Love is born, / Love is always born. - Michael Leunig's Christmas Song Cycle "Southern Star"
Spring paints the stars of heaven in Earth colours ~ Gemma Wiseman
Summer sizzles with a sibilant hush / Broken by dreams of / Clinking ice ~ Gemma Wiseman
The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. - G.K. Chesterton
Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz
Winter is the fire, simmering lonely in the soul ~ Gemma Wiseman
Winter is the shadow, the etching of the seasons in the mist ~ Gemma Wiseman