Dialing Up a Sublime Sunrise

An unequalled eye and palette that never fails to delight us .

Who's dialing up
these sunrises,
stopping us dead 
in our tracks 
so we can catch
our breath?

Whoever it is
puts Renoir and Monet
to shame. 

This morning’s sunrise over Crystal Springs Reservoir, San Mateo, CA.

Picasso or van Gogh
might give them 
a run for their money
but we'd have to contend
with some strange distorted head
in the clouds 
or murky, swirly stars
lingering above.

No, whoever's dialing up 
this stuff  
has an unequalled palette
and an eye for the sublime
that surprises
and delights us 
every time.