Thursday, August 30, 2007



4 AM

At 4 AM, your image I spied
Through the window, opened wide.

Silver white, completely round,
You slipped by without a sound.

Moving to your shadowed date
With astronomy's predestined fate.

Watching as your face eclipsed;
Earth's shadow blocking sun's warm lips.

With mornings dawn, alas, alack,
'Twas 4 AM 'fore you came back.

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16 Comments:

Blogger Crafty Green Poet said...

I love lunar eclipses, I watched one all the way through a couple of years back, amazing sight

5:38 AM  
Blogger paisley said...

beautiful visual,,, enhanced so by the lovely photos...

8:12 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Beautiful description of the eclipse. Great photos too.

11:41 AM  
Blogger wendy said...

alas, alack....old but new and very very good!!

11:50 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What great capture of the lunar eclipse. Visual beauty.

12:11 PM  
Blogger Tumblewords: said...

You've captured the essence of the crimson eclipse. Lovely! I saw a bit of it and wished the trees here had been shorter!

1:41 PM  
Blogger Regina said...

I love poetry that rhymes- well done, my friend. I was bummed I missed the eclipse... but your pictures are nice!

2:17 PM  
Blogger Left-handed Trees... said...

I saw some of this too! Yes, such a wonder...

2:30 PM  
Blogger Tammy Brierly said...

I missed it but you brought it to me with poetry. Can't think of a better way to share an eclipse. HUGS

5:37 PM  
Blogger Rowan said...

I didn't see the eclipse but the full Harvest Moon has been beautiful. Your photos are great, I can never get a decent one of the moon.

6:10 PM  
Blogger Churlita said...

Nice poem and photos of the lunar eclipse. I felt bad that I didn't get to see it in person.

8:58 PM  
Blogger Deb said...

Epochal quality to your post, poet. Thanks, Rel.

10:21 PM  
Blogger Jellyhead said...

What lovely lyrical lunar lines!

3:50 AM  
Blogger Sherri B. said...

Oh my gosh, so beautiful, both the words and the photos! Thank you for sharing. :~)

9:16 AM  
Blogger Annie Jeffries said...

Literal yet enticingly magical, just like a lunar eclipse.

1:37 PM  
Blogger Clare said...

Cool photos and really nice poem! I especially loved the first stanza -- it has such a warm, welcoming feeling to it, like a friend dropping by!
:)

3:29 AM  

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