Ah, Sunflower!
by William Blake (1794)
From Songs of Experience, a brief hymn to desire’s journey.
Ah Sun-flower! weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the Sun;
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveller’s journey is done.
Poetry About the Sun
Sun poems follow warmth and shadow, the rhythm of days opening and closing like hands at prayer.
This page gathers small radiances - originals and classics - to keep in your pocket for dark weather.
Featured Poems
Golden Hour
Where light slows down and every edge softens.
The city forgets its corners,
every street poured into gold.
We take the long way home
just to stay inside
this honey of a moment.
- Asha Mehta
Sun & Rituals
Small devotions that meet the morning.
Coffee
Steam rising, a private weather forecast: today will be warm.
Curtains
Open the day like a book you can’t wait to finish.
From the canon
Classic Voices
Micro Verses
The sun writes
a warm signature
on every window.
- Unknown
Deeper Explorations
Sun & Morning
Dawn’s quiet permissions.
First Light
Steam on the kettle,
light at the sill -
a small beginning
that keeps its promise.
- Noah Reyes
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Warmth inside ordinary days
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Light we carry for each other
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Celebrations of the natural world, from the vastness of forests to the delicate geometry of a leaf.
Poetry About August
The heavy gold of late summer, the hum of the cicada, and the bittersweet turn of the light.