Monet
KERRY'S WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE
'to give an impression of an impression'
IMPRESSION
Orange sun, gazing at its own reflection.
The bustling dockyard, softened by morning mist.
The muted conversation in the little boat.
The rhythm of the rowlocks.
Clouds, lit from beneath, like a canopy.
The mist rising.
Hold back the garish day!
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DAYLIGHT MOON
Scarcely noticed in the winter sky
When all is clear and bright,
And the forecasts for the inland say
'There will be frost tonight'.
So small, so easily overlooked
In all that expanse of blue.
A half-moon, a little white snowball,
Delicately cut in two.
At night the moon seems flatter
More like a disc of light.
The brilliance of its shining
Makes rotundity quite slight.
But see, here in the daylight,
Looking up from on the ground,
We see the moon is a perfect globe,
Most wonderfully round.
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