Dawn
A burning copper coin rises in the East,
Its photons stream through the window.
Three hundred thousand kilometers a second at least,
Visible light: red, orange, yellow,
Green, blue, and violet; the colors
Blended bright white in
A cosmic, optical symphony.
The wavelengths of hydrogen fusion.
This week’s piece is a poem by John Hunter from Saxifrage 1, which was released in spring of 1975. Hunter graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 1976, with a bachelor’s degree in Biology.
He currently teaches science at Forks High School and is married to Pamela Hanson Hunter (‘77), a pastor of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Forks, Wash. He writes at least one poem a year for his family’s Christmas card.
For more works from Saxifrage, visit the archives here.
Saxifrage is open for submissions for the Oct. 31 issue of The Mooring Mast. This month’s theme for submission is “optical symphony.” Be creative!
Send your poetry, art, fiction and creative non-fiction totalling no more than 500 words to saxifrag@plu.edu for consideration. Find us on Facebook, Twitter and at http://saxifrage.plu.edu.
