out on a walk
not yet eight o’ clock
streetlight on
a warning beacon
season shines and quietly moves
nearing its end.
—
“poetry is the shadow cast by our streetlight imaginations.”
-lawrence ferlinghetti
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I didn't have my glasses on.... 
It won’t be long and it will be dark when I go to work and go home from work …
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same!
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Church bells would announce services on Sunday mornings, but streetlights called us home every evening. Love the quote, Beth!
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oh, that’s so it –
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awesome poem! Loved it! <3
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thank you
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of course, it’s the opposite in the topsy turvy world of life down under; I have no idea what Ferlinghetti is talking about but he’s a famous poet so he must know :)
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Yes, the days are already getting shorter and shorter and although it is not…technically…night until 2100 hours, it does get dark before that…
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it does –
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Of course the position of the sun is changing every day. But it seems there is always that day when you notice it more. You can even tell by the smell.
Are you aware that tomorrow is Friday?? Yeah!
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How appropriate for this image
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thanks, sadje
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You’re welcome my friend
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I see darkness when I rise from bed and eat dinner already, Beth, sure do. We’re only days away from the fall equinox already. The world spins and rotates at the same speed always but everything seems to happen more quickly to me.
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oh, me too –
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Streetlights are definitely signals. As kids, we had to be home when they went on. Everyone broke up and left as soon as that happened. Now we know how short the days are getting. They’re like clocks, reminding us what time it is and what’s happening around us.
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so right, more powerful than any alarm or clock
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Loved the momentum of the verse 👏
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I love the vibe of “dusk”…
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yes!
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A subtle sign of the coming “dark at four” season. Good catch!
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a clear sign
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I went outside a little before eight last night and couldn’t believe the light was fading. The days are growing shorter. I wasn’t quite ready for it.
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it really was the first time his hit me –
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I love fall but don’t look forward to the early darkness.
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my favorite season, but I miss the long hours of daylight as well
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I love the streetlight as “a warning beacon.” Beautiful!
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Streetlight on……time for all us kids to hop on our bikes and head home!! 😉
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I thought the same recently!
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funny how we suddenly notice one day
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True. Also, I always notice when the color of the sunlight changes which happened a couple weeks ago. But then, at least, I am ready to accept fall to arrive… lol
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well said, but I am missing summer already…
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No holding onto it…
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the endless summer…
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yesss-
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it means an overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity.
it comes from an Eminem song called Stan
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ah!
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beautiful, Beth…days shortening and heat slowing…
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for some reason it just hit me –
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me too, just this week…
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I love nightfall Beth, I never mind it coming a little earlier.
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it is a beautiful time of day, i just had failed to notice it’s early arrival until now
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I watch some Youtubers who live in Alaska. It seems like a couple of weeks ago they were out in the sunshine after 10 pm. This week I was watching and it was 8 pm and already dark. That caught me off guard more than the changes here.
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amazing how fast it can change
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You have a unique ability to catch these moments that most of us overlook.
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it’s how i see the world – i appreciate that
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Say it ain’t so, Joe!
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YES, evenings tend to come earlier, quicker and they last longer now, nearby the end of September.
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so right –
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