Grand Theft Poetry

Everyone has a little larceny in them

Hello, Sun-Touched Dreamers!

Today, I’m stealing from two incredible poets,

Jonathan Potter

and

Brian Funke

.

Jonathan shares his sunrise poems and photos every morning. Not only is each poem masterfully crafted and a moving tribute to the beauty of each day, but his work has also motivated me to pay much closer attention to each dawn I’m blessed to experience. Today, I’m sharing a sunrise haiku comic.

Brian shares his poetry and then artfully explicates his process for a given poem a week or so later. Today, I’m going to lay my process bare for the writing of this haiku.

ethereal glow
puts Cascades in silhouette
autumnal sunrise

When I Saw the Ethereal Glow

On Tuesday, October 31st I was driving back from dropping off the kids at school when I was stunned by the beauty of the dawn. On the driver’s side of the car was a set of train tracks and the eastern sky.

It was one of the most spectacular sights I’d ever seen, and I’ve seen a lot of sunrises from mountaintops, beaches, forests, and other scenic locales.

One of my first thoughts was, “I wish I could read what Jonathan Potter would make of this sunrise.” Then I remembered I’m also a poet, and thought I’d like to give a sunrise poem a shot.

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