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Position:Home>Poetry> Is night time all it is cracked up to be?Question: Is night time all it is cracked up to be!? Lingering night
World darkened Invisible monsters Sounds in silence Curtains blowing Ominous ticking Night stridently settles Frequent awakenings Unsettled pattern Morning precipitately Peeks softly Glowing expressions Emancipate shadows Monsters retreating Stretching arms Embracing Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Yes I say!. Campfires for roasting marshmallows, hotdogs, warming by that same fire!. It's rather neat the night time!. Stars abundant, moon shining brightly, constellations, North Star, Milky Way!. Yes the night time is way cool!. My daughters are always eager to learn how to navigate by night!. I learned when I was in the US Army!. They took us out in the middle of the woods , the middle of nowhere, and dropped us off in three man teams!. We had to find our way back to base camp miles away using only a compass at times, then navigating by the north star at other times!. Sounds of nature come alive at night when one is camping!. Little daughters ask, "Dad, what is that"!? "Will it get us"!? I love it!. Night time is great!. But also so goes the daytime!. GOD created both night and day for a reason and I believe HE knew precisely what HE was doing!.Www@QuestionHome@Com You seem to be playing with the "less is more" theory!. Which I happen to admire!. This write works for me!. Your speaking of the peace of night being fragmented by these things, so seems right for the poem to appear choppy!. I would maybe use some line breaks to better demonstrate that, but it is your call!. Good work!Www@QuestionHome@Com You took me right through one of those, for me, occasional nights: maddening!. How nice to "make it all better" in the end!.Www@QuestionHome@Com its ok for sleeping, but not much else unless one is a teenagerWww@QuestionHome@Com |