{"id":1614,"date":"2014-08-22T09:13:46","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T14:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2014-08-22T09:14:11","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T14:14:11","slug":"poem-there-is-something-about-dusk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/22\/poem-there-is-something-about-dusk\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: There Is Something About Dusk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>There is something about dusk<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>A gentle luminosity<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Embracing the culmination<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Of a day&#8217;s chores<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Twilight invites any weariness<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Into a slow motion space<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Where tomorrow is unkneaded<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>That in-between place<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Where light lingers<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And shadows soften<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>As a sentient glow<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Soothes the spirit<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And vivifies the soul<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Swaddled in the gossamer rest<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>That has no resemblance to sleep<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>But akin to dreams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This poem is is unusual for me in that it is not jam-packed with puns, with only one obvious pun and another very subtle one.\u00a0 I wrote this poem last night after taking a leisurely stroll at dusk through my neighborhood, the Old West End historic district in Toledo.\u00a0 I have loved dusk as long as I can remember.\u00a0 I have long loved dusk because of its forgetful knowing.\u00a0 I find a special feel in those in-between places that knead not the past nor the future; a gentle now suffices.\u00a0 There is peace in being freed from any insistence to grapple with awe that looms.\u00a0 Dusk offers a luminosity that is lucid but not urgent.\u00a0 May such refreshing glimpses capture your tension, even if just, before you loose your soul&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is something about dusk A gentle luminosity Embracing the culmination Of a day&#8217;s chores Twilight invites any weariness Into a slow motion space Where tomorrow is unkneaded That in-between place Where light lingers And shadows soften As a sentient &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/22\/poem-there-is-something-about-dusk\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,57,9,15],"tags":[294,538,393,635,7,394,531,19],"class_list":["post-1614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-top-pun","category-peace","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-awe","tag-dream","tag-dreams","tag-future","tag-puns","tag-sleep","tag-soul","tag-toledo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>POEM: There Is Something About Dusk | About Top Pun, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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