It’s five o’clock:
a patch of sky unfolds hues
like Italian paper,
marbled mauves and blues.
Peeking over the horizon,
a new dawn breaks;
by sunrise,
the wrinkled ocean wakes,
stifles a yawn,
wraps the beach in waves and sky:
Nature’s early morning surprise.
Kim M. Russell, 2nd June 2025
Monday has come round again with the quadrille at dVerse, the virtual pub for poets across the globe, where Lillian is our bartender with a tequila sunrise. Yes, the word which must be included in our poems of exactly 44 words, sans title, is ‘sunrise’.
I’ve reworked an old poem into a quadrille and given it a new title.
writing in north norfolk 
I especially love the thought of the wrinkled sea… it makes it so visual to me (especially with a slanting sun)
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Thanks so much, Björn.
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OOOHHHHHH that first stanze is absolutely beautiful!!! The imagery is a painter’s delight!
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I’m so glad you like it, Lill. Thank you so much!
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Love it, Kim, especially “the wrinkled ocean wakes,
stifles a yawn,”
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Thank you very much, Punam.
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My pleasure, Kim.
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like the others tje winkled ocean is a beautiful place. to watch a 🌅
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Thanks Rog.
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Delightful, Kim. So many wonderful images–I love the Italian paper and the wrinkled ocean waves.
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Thank you, Merril.
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You’re welcome, Kim!
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That’s so beautiful!
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Thank you very much, Kim!
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That is a painting that is alive, changing as the morning settles in…intensely visual, beautiful.
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Thank you, Ain.
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I love this line, Kim!
the wrinkled ocean wakes,
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Thanks Nolcha!
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You captured the beauty of sunrises so well in this poem. Also loved the photo. I was looking at that one as well to post with my poem. Nicely done.
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Thank you very much, Maria.
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Gorgeous poetry and photo image, Kim…thanks for spreading the sunshine 😀
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Thank you so much, Lynn. Yesterday was a lovely sunny day, but this morning is overcast and a bit windy. I hope it clears.
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marbled italian paper giftwrapping the beach! i LOVE it. ❤
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I’m delighted you love it, Ren!
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lovely quadrille
much♡love
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Thank you, Gillena, and much love to you,
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I love the marbled mauves and blues. The wrinkled ocean a great visual.
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Many thanks, Truedessa.
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Beautiful~I love the picture you paint~
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Thank you so much, Jennifer.
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i loved the marbled paper line, it fits perfectly
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Thank you, Jay.
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So beautiful Kim, like the unwrapping of the best present ever and unfolding with it. Such beautiful imagery, esp wrinkled ocean, beautiful
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Thank you kindly, Dianne.
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Others have loved the wrinkled sea
and that’s what leaped out most to me;
who would not surpress a yawn
awake with the “papers” in the dawn?
A wonderful reworking, Kim x
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Thank you so much, Kathy. x
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That was absolutely stunning, Kim!
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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Thank you very much, Yvette.
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~~~ and oh what a wondrous surprise it is, never the same, enchanting, mesmerizing, hypnotizing. A beautiful quadrille, Ms. Kim.
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Thank you, Helen.
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Hi Kim, I liked the idea of the ocean stifling a yawn and the use of ‘surprise’ at the end, to rhyme with sunrise.
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Thank you!
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i love, “wrinkled ocean waves “. Gorgeous writing, Kim!
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Thank you so much, Sara!
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I love – the wrinkled ocean awakes … – so vivid.
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Cheers Paul!
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So welcome Kim ❤️
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Kim, I love how “the wrinkled ocean wakes, / stifles a yawn” so gently animates the scene. It feels to me like the ocean itself is stretching into the morning.
~David
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Thanks so much, David!
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*hug*
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