When sun sets...

When sun sets

    and children sleep,

springtime dragonflies elicit  

        flower's burst of laughter 

moon comes out to play

  fairies prance on puff'd marshmallow clouds 

awakening silken marmalade skies

     within drenched apricot buttermilk dreams

where lovers deeply sigh 

     dancing in the contentment 

         of a world in slumber'd peace

Author's Note

Reviews

[s y e]

It seems to be that the sunset takes you to magical places.... it gets our brains wishing and hoping. When there is a sunset everything seems perfect and loving.

I loved this one, Mama F, this was written so beautifully and with so much heart and emotion.

xoxo♡

[Frieda P]

Thanks noodlebug, you've been missed sweetpea! xo

[s y e]

I've been right here, silly. You've been missed however. ;-) xoxox

[Frieda P]

Ha oh right, I'm confuzzeled. ;) xo

[s y e]

Ha, what's new? ;-) xo

[Frieda P]

Ha you know my kid drives me batshyte crazy, you better tawk to your bro. ;)

[s y e]

Send him over then ;) but I meant whats new with you being confuzzled! xo

[BlackRose]

When sunset falls, we take ourselves to our own place we wish to go to, imagining things only we could imagine. Dream those dreams taking us away for the time. Fabulous piece.

[Anand Sehgal]

So much ease of flow and so nice storyline ! I thought it to be a bedtime story from my childhood days :)
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[redzone]

Frieda I want some of whatever you're drinking.. make mine a double dragonfly bug juice straight up please... and barkeep while your up get Frieda an apricot buttermilk with a shot of Red Label... I may be wrong here but when the moon comes out dancing, quite possibly its had a few too many of those marshmallows...

Frieda I could see you smiling, hell even laughing as you wrote this. Well I did both as I read... ;0) ~~redzone

[Rita L. Sev]

This flowing piece will lead to delicious dreams, Frieda... Love the imagery here.

[Sanober]

Such gorgeous images, my friend.....they bring bliss and peace to my heart. few things are as precious as 'a world in slumber'd peace'. i feel blanketed in the serenity of your words. Absolutely beautiful poem, my friend.

[Frieda P]

Thanks so much for your kind words Sanober, jazz'd you enjoyed this one my friend.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

this is so soothing Frieda...
wish i could go back to youth, and get a night's sleep---i hardly sleep through the night...of course often the muse is to blame...but i guess as we age, we don't want to miss too many hours of awakeness since we have less and less time left to enjoy.

[Frieda P]

Must be where this one came from, I finally got more than four hours sleep in one night, seems insomnia is a poet's plight, especially as we get older, thanks so much Jacob.

[Aethereal]

Yes, sunset is a magical time. I was inspired to write this gift poem for you to keep as your own:

Night Mice

Watching for the setting sun
tiny mice come out to play
in the moonlight were they run
after sleeping through the day;

but their work is never done
for each mouse must find her way
past that cat that all must shun,
to that big cheese on display.

[Frieda P]

Ha that's adorable A, thanks muchly...

[ron]

This is beautiful Frieda.

[Frieda P]

Thanks so much ron.

[ron]

You are most welcome Frieda.

[therisa]

Realm of dreams
Escaping the reality
Which darkens our lives.

Where hope and faith
Blosoms like the sweetest rose
Available to everyone
Who wishes to inhale
It heavenly scent.

[Frieda P]

So poetic therisa, thanks muchly for your sweet words.

[therisa]

Your welcome, Frieda.

[icelandicblue]

That is where I want to be when the sun sets. You have created a place of beauty and serenity. Beneath the canopy of the dark sky you always find the light.

[Frieda P]

Me too, thanks muchly Anne.