Sunrise
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Sunrise. Watercolour after Sunil Agrey. I have been one acquainted with sunrise, I have bathed in first light – then back in shadow, I have felt tentative warm on closed eyes. I have gazed over pink-tinged meadows, I have passed by the swift and early bird, And reached a hand to touch a half-lit rose. I have stood still without a single word When far away a tree frog croaked his song; Across the meadow waking creatures stirred…… Robert Frost.
About the Artist
Michael Mcmanus
I was born in 1946. In the 1960s and part of the 70s I was an airman in the Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm. I joined Durham Constabulary in 1971. In 1999 I retired from policing and began teaching sociology and criminology at Durham University with emphasis on policing and researching crime. I am drawn…
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