Changing Light: The Eternal Cycle of Night and Day

Offers a collection of myths, poems, and prayers that deal with the subject of the eternal cycle of light, including pieces by Roethke, Louise Bogan, Machado, Sappho, Emily Dickinson, and Octavio Paz

Insomnia by Abu 'amir Ibn Al-hammarah
The White Stallion by Abus Salt
The Sun by Al-haitham
To Krishna Haunting The Hills by Andal
Before The Sun Goes Down by Astrid Hjertenaes Andersen
Day-blind by Chana Bloch
Night by Louise Bogan
The Dream Time by Jack Cegeste
Crepuscule With Katharine by Thomas Centolella
Holy Night by Lucille Clifton
Without Your %no Shadow by Cid Corman
Morning by Emily Dickinson
There's A Certain Slant Of Light by Emily Dickinson
Wild Nights! Wild Nights! by Emily Dickinson
Holy The Firm, Sels. by Annie Dillard
Cypresses by Robert Francis
Day by Eduardo Galeano
Night by Eduardo Galeano
Time by Eduardo Galeano
Longing For Darkness, Sels. by China Galland
Evening Says To Night by J. Ruth Gendler
Praying The Sunset Prayer by Jacob Glatstein
Return To The World by Albert Goldbarth
A Land Not Mine, Still by Anna Adreyevna Gorenko
August 24, 1961 by Dag Hammarskjold
What The Cicada Said by Michael Hannon
What The Crow Said by Michael Hannon
What The Rose Said by Michael Hannon
Night And Day by Linda Hogan
Learning To Tell Time, Sels. by Mary Jo Homstad
The Starlight Night by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Serene Evening by Muhammad Ibn Ghalib Al-rusafi
Fragment, Fr. Qasida In The Rhyme Of Nun by Abu 'l-walid Ahmad Ibn Abd Allah Ibn Zaidun
The Diary Of Izumi Shikibu, Sels. by Izumi Shikibu
I Cannot Say %which Is Which by Izumi Shikibu
On A Night %when The Moon by Izumi Shikibu
Poem On Love: 2 by Izumi Shikibu
Watching The Moon %at Midnight by Izumi Shikibu
What Is It %about This Twilight Hour? by Izumi Shikibu
At Night You Come Here Secretely by Jalal Ad-din (jalaluddin) Ar-rumi
Does Sunset Sometimes Look Like The Sun's Coming Up? by Jalal Ad-din (jalaluddin) Ar-rumi
Look At A Candleflame In Bright Noon Sunlight by Jalal Ad-din (jalaluddin) Ar-rumi
Night And Sleep by Jalal Ad-din (jalaluddin) Ar-rumi
No One Is Ever Depressed With You by Jalal Ad-din (jalaluddin) Ar-rumi
Poem On Night: 1 by Jalal Ad-din (jalaluddin) Ar-rumi
Poem On Night: 3 by Jalal Ad-din (jalaluddin) Ar-rumi
Poem On Night: 4 by Jalal Ad-din (jalaluddin) Ar-rumi
Some Nights, Stay Up Till Dawn by Jalal Ad-din (jalaluddin) Ar-rumi
There Is Some Kiss We Want by Jalal Ad-din (jalaluddin) Ar-rumi
Three Quatrains: 3 by Jalal Ad-din (jalaluddin) Ar-rumi
Today, Like Every Other Day, We Wake Up Empty by Jalal Ad-din (jalaluddin) Ar-rumi
When I Am With You, We Stay Up All Night by Jalal Ad-din (jalaluddin) Ar-rumi
On A Dark Night by John Of The Cross
The Spinning Wheel by Kabir
At Time I Wonder by Kakinomoto Hitomaro
Lullaby by Ruth Krauss
Write About A Radish by Karla Kuskin
The Day Creeps In And by Jaiva Larsen
Lord, Listen by Else Lasker-schuler
A Love Song by Else Lasker-schuler
Oblique Prayer by Denise Levertov
Writing In The Dark by Denise Levertov
Quiet Night Thoughts by Li Po
The Moon's The North Wind's Cooky (what The Little Girl Said) by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
Tonight Everyone In The World Is Dreaming The Same Dream by Susan Litwak
The Fountain And The Four by Antonio Machado Ruiz
Is My Soul Asleep? by Antonio Machado Ruiz
Last Night, As I Was Sleeping by Antonio Machado Ruiz
What Is Sleep? by Sri Ramana Maharshi
Awakening Gatha by Deena Posy Metzger
Early Darkness by D. Patrick Miller
List For A Long Night by D. Patrick Miller
The Hair Ornament Of The Sun by Mitsuhashi Takajo
Buddha's Satori by Muso Soseki
All The Warm Nights by Jacob Nibenegenesabe
One Time I Wanted Two Moons by Jacob Nibenegenesabe
Word Has It %he's Lying by Nishpata
Entering Rest by Gunilla Norris
Dreams by Mary Oliver
Morning Poem by Mary Oliver
Poem by Mary Oliver
Axis [eje] by Octavio Paz
And Suddenly It Is Evening by Salvatore Quasimodo
O God, %another Night Is Passing Away by Rabi'a The Mystic
O God, The Stars Are Shining by Rabi'a The Mystic
Night Sky by Kathleen Jessie Raine
Nocturn by Kathleen Jessie Raine
To The Sun by Kathleen Jessie Raine
If Each Day Falls by Naftali Ricardo Reyes Basuato
Sunset by Rainer Maria Rilke
Struggling To Wake Up by Daniel C. Roberts
In A Dark Time by Theodore Roethke
The Waking by Theodore Roethke
Recovering by Muriel Rukeyser
The Thief Left It Behind by Ryokan
At Noontime by Sappho
Awed By Her Splendor by Sappho
In Gold Sandals by Sappho
The Gift by Maurya Simon
Vermeer's Women by Maurya Simon
Searchlight by Judith Tannenbaum
Evening Prayer by Anonymous
The Guiding Light Of Eternity (celtic Prayer) by Anonymous
Hymn To Selene by Anonymous
Little Nasredin Was Listening To His Teacher Reading A by Anonymous
Magic Song For Those Who Wish To Live by Anonymous
Midday Prayer (christian Prayer) by Anonymous
Native American Moon Calendars: Ojibwa by Anonymous
Native American Moon Calendars: Omaha by Anonymous
Native American Moon Calendars: Tewa by Anonymous
Native American Moon Calendars: Tlingit by Anonymous
Oh Moon, Oh Moon! by Anonymous
Owl Woman's Death Song by Anonymous
Responsive Reading, Fr. Siddur Sim Shalom by Anonymous
Song For The Sun That Disappeared Behind The Rainclouds by Anonymous
Sun Dreaming by Anonymous
The Sun, Fr. Rig-veda by Anonymous
Tzu-teg Song: 2 by Anonymous
Your Word Is Fire by Anonymous
Evening Spreads Across The Sky by Diego Valeri
The Movement Of The Sun Across Our Rooms by Diego Valeri
Sunrise, Fr. Poesie by Diego Valeri
Shamelessly %orange Like A by Vidya
Shining With The Lustre by Vishvanatha
A Clear Midnight by Walt Whitman
A Prairie Sunset by Walt Whitman
Aedh Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven by William Butler Yeats
In The Quiet Of Midday by Yosano Akiko
Purple Butterflies %fly At Night Through My Dreams by Yosano Akiko
Let Us Bribe The Moon God by Yuhara
Nights by Cyn Zarco
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®