Image: Being Prepared to Capture
a Historic Moment (here)
Remember the Blue Moon? – so called being a second
of two full moons in one calendar month (it passed through
the Earth’s shadow on January 31, 2018, to give us a total
lunar eclipse) It is also the third in a series of three straight
full moon supermoons – that is, super-close full moons. So
it’s not just a total lunar eclipse, or a Blue Moon, or a
supermoon. It’s all three a super Blue Moon total eclipse!
It is the first Blue Moon total eclipse in 150 years
the 11 of 12 given words:
burning burns appear hope cave
bonds frailty read flowers sugars flares
what a scream!
the first Blue Moon total eclipse in 150 years!
it creates a burning desire that
burns ever since he got news of
its impending will to appear
his hope is a clear night
on a beach definitely
not in a cave
his bond with astronomy
is a romance with the cosmic
mysteries ever since the day he
received a telescope for
his 10th birthday
the frailty of a rainy night though
reads like flowers and sugars
that flares in his mind
but he is unperturbed
he is determined not to miss the
unique opportunity of a lifetime
(100 words)
Rochelle's Photo Prompt - 16th march
MMT's Sunday's Whirligig #153
Sumana's at PU's Midweek Motif - scream
" a romance with the cosmic
ReplyDeletemysteries" Love! Since age 10!?
I enjoy the use of scream in this idiom!
we got a clear sky and saw the entire eclipse... yes an opportunity of a lifetime...!
ReplyDeleteMy son got a telescope at age ten....I remember his excitement setting it up, looking in the lens and saying "It's JUPITER!!!! Oh! No! It's my own eyeball." LOL. He had forgotten to take off the lens cap. Thanks for reminding me of that.
ReplyDeleteIs it your grand kid Hank? If he is may his curiosity increase. I love the first line so much. What a start!
ReplyDeleteYou guessed right, Sumana.And the excitement rubbed on to us also.
DeleteHank
An excellent poem Hank, I love to see the moon from my lounge window, will think of your poem in future.
ReplyDeleteYvonne.
Sure a once in a lifetime experience indeed. Hopefully the curiosity keeps on.
ReplyDeleteAt least he will get a second chance this month if the first night was rainy.
ReplyDeleteI agree! So happy I got to see it, it made me feel small and ancient.
ReplyDelete"...Blue Moon total eclipse in 150 years!" What a scream, indeed!
ReplyDeletethere is something romantic about the moon... spent many a night staring at it and the stars...
ReplyDeleteI like the way you have your budding astronomer determined to see the super blue moon despite the weather, and the attraction of staying indoors.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully written. It was very overcast here, so we didn't get to see much.
ReplyDeleteYou cannot miss it... (unless it's overcast as it was here)
ReplyDeleteso cool - the history you preserved...
ReplyDelete:)
~Priorhouse