"Cloudy Morning" by James Frederick William Rowe

Cloudy Morning

James Frederick William Rowe

Water-colour blue

Water-colour grey

Cloudy morning

You are gently brushed

On the fresh canvas

     Of the dewy sky    

     Of the waking city

Poet’s Notes:  This is a short poem that was written on the subway during the time when the F-train takes the Culver Overpass and so ascends out of the tunnels.  The "water-colour blue / water-colour grey" of the clouds struck me as particularly beautiful in the dawn light--a gentle, soft beauty that paired well with the hardly-after-sunrise timeframe. 

I wrote this within a few minutes on the subway in my notebook. The aesthetics are simple to convey the simple scene, but I think it captures the moment well as a consequence. By no means a complex poem, it nevertheless satisfies me.