The Blue Hour

Are you familiar with the blue hour?  

The blue hour comes from a French expression (l'heure bleue), which refers to twilight.  The period each morning and evening where there is neither full daylight, nor complete darkness. The time is considered special because of the quality of the light at this time of day.  *wikipedia

In reality,  the blue hour is only a window of 20-30 minutes.  I think of it as a bridge

of blue that appears, before the golden hour-(The first and last hour of sunlight).

Check here to see some amazing blue hour photos!   You can see my photo is the blur of the blue hour ending and the golden hour beginning.  I remember the first time I saw the blue hour,  it intrigued me.  I was on Adak, an island in the Aleutian chain.  I was a hostess at one of the clubs.  I can remember setting tables and seeing this amazing blue light reflecting on the snow.  I was fascinated.   I brought my camera to work to see if I could capture it.  It didn't happen-I picked a night I knew we would be slow.  The reservations for the window seats were for later in the evening.  I probably didn't see the blue hour again, till I convinced friends, to go hike a mountain and see the sun rise.  Yes, it was worth it ;D  except I didn't have an amazing camera then!

There is even a website with a calculator so you can see the blue hour. 

The prompt at  Poets United is Bridge, so here is my poem inspired by the blue hour.
I think of Vincent Van Gogh's art.  I  think he tried to capture the blue hour in his paintings.  What do you think?

a blue bridge appears

before sunrise and after sunset

deep majestic blue

highlights an orange

incandescent

flame

a window

appears

it

illuminates

another world

a gate way

toward the golden hour

a star burst

of  Morning Glory Blue

captures tones of

purple swirls

 time is of the essence

as twilight surrenders

Mother Nature

opens her

 royal purple gown

and parts the clouds

as the Sun's head

crowns
breech position
a protrusion of 

translucent fingers

extend 

touching

 Earth

in

a sea of

 rumpledmarigolds

Lunar, as midwife

welcomes

day's birth
n' surrenders her
post

birds, beast and insects

chirp, whistle n' cheer

as they

witness

this 

miracle
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