It is so awesome when I can match my poetry with photos from such wonderful photographers. Today, catnip features a couple of her own, along with Alastair Forbes and Barbara Beacham. You can tell whose is whose by the watermarks. Of course, that is a feature catnip is yet to learn so the first two are hers, unmarked. Be sure to visit Alastair @A Mixed Bag and Barbara @Life in the Foothills. You will not be disappointed and probably will not leave without following! Tell them catnip sent you!
Dawn ’til Dusk
Whispers of Dawn…
Awaken a new day
As watercolor skies
Replace night’s gray
Figures of light
Dance into view
While pre-dawn colors
Fade into metallic blue
Heat of Midday…
Emanates sun’s bright glare
As vivid natural colors
Create balance in the air
Cool afternoon breezes
Relinquish the noonday heat
As an allusion of rain
Renders the day complete
Serenity of Twilight…
Brings closure to the day
While red-orange hues
Emerge without delay
A surreal saffron hue
Casts an illusionary show
As soft billowy clouds
Reflect sun’s fading glow
Music of the Night…
Stimulates harmony in the soul
While a symphony of sounds
Performs melodies to console
Subdued radiance
Slowly transcends the darkness
As night comes, light disappears
In an awe of bitter sweetness
©catnipoflife
Sharla Lee Shults
Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.
—William Arthur Ward (American inspirational writer, 1921–1994)
catnipoflife 
Lovely words and lovely photos Sharla! Thank you for once again featuring me! Happy holidays to you and JIm! Hugs too! ^..^ B
Beautiful 🙂
Thank you so very much for using my photos to go with your beautiful words. I think that you found the perfect words for them
I have been wanting to include your photos for some time but often we must wait until that time is just right! Glad you are pleased 🙂
Pleased isn’t the right word 🙂
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Niiice!
I enjoy all 3 of your blogs!
{Group Hug}
This is a very lovely post! Tanks Sharla!
If I didn’t know better, I’d think the photos were taken especially for the poetry. Or, the poetry was written especially for the photos. What a perfecdt match.
Very beautiful Sharla! God bless!
Very well done. Beautiful collaboration.
Beautiful words, in combination with beautiful pictures. I’m amazed. 🙂
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