Sunrise over Boulder is truly poetry. Deservedly famous poet John Donne, in his poem on sunrise, includes the following:

A famous poem that beautifully captures the essence of sunrise is “The Sun Rising” by John Donne. This poem is a metaphysical poem where Donne addresses the sun directly, using it as a symbol to explore themes of love and the passage of time. Here’s an excerpt to give you a sense of its imagery and tone:

“Busy old fool, unruly Sun,
Why dost thou thus,
Through windows, and through curtains, call on us?
Must to thy motions lovers’ seasons run?
Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide
Late school-boys and sour prentices,
Go tell court-huntsmen that the king will ride,
Call country ants to harvest offices;
Love, all alike, no season knows nor clime,
Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.”

In this poem, Donne playfully rebukes the sun for interrupting him and his lover, suggesting that their love transcends the sun’s authority and the divisions of time. It’s a celebration of love’s power to stand apart from the external world’s constraints, including the natural cycle of day and night

I find that the composition of this pic is rather unusual. The large black element of the tree trunk is unusual, and its dominance in the picture center adds tension to the otherwise calm colors of the sunrise. It makes a bold statement against the calm light of the morning sky, To me it says “Here comes the day!”

Leonard Frieling
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