Air Quote by John Ashbery

“My brunette with the golden eyes, your ivory body, your amber Has left bright reflections in the room Above the garden. The clear midnight…

— Renée Vivien

“The night sky was distended in my dreams, sinking to earth with the weight of destructive glory behind it. In one of those dreams…

— Sofia Samatar

“I recall one particular sunset. It lent an ember to my bicycle hell. Overhead, above the black music of telegraph wires, a number of…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“Twilight Surprise” poem: “The sky burns down, A rim of coals glowing gold and red, Limned with orange again And kissed with hints of…

— Elizabeth Barrette

The weak grey light that serves as harbinger of red and golden dawn faintly lit my window. I fumbled for a candle, found and…

— Robin McKinley

“It was growing dark on this long southern evening, and suddenly, at the exact point her finger had indicated, the moon lifted a forehead…

— Pat Conroy

“And the purple parted before it, snapping back like skin after a slash, and what it let out wasn't blood but light: amazing orange…

— Stephen King

“I went for walks across the fields in my cozy, cotton-knit shirt, my worn out jeans, and my cowboy boots. I would stand at…

— James Russell Lingerfelt

The rosy hearth, the lamplight's narrow beam, The meditation that is rather dream, With looks that lose themselves in cherished looks; The hour of…

— Anonymous

“In The Sunset Sky The sunset sky dazzling with the golden hues, Taking bow in brilliant sparkle of experience Is it not a climax,…

— Soma Mukherjee

“The hot humid day had followed the sun westward, leaving a cool midnight breeze. The sky, God’s special gift to the sailor, was free…

— Lawrence K. Laswell

“HEARTWORK Each day is born with a sunrise and ends in a sunset, the same way we open our eyes to see the light,…

— Suzy Kassem