April 14, 2014

  • Eclipse

    The morning's prompt is "wind chimes."  I nearly wrote a poem earlier this afternoon while I was waiting for a call from my CPA to say my tax return is ready -- but it seemed almost too simple to post.  When I came back to post it anyway, I found that it had already been posted by another April poet -- my idea had been taken!  However, there is an event this evening that is worthy of mention, and since I cannot pulse it, I'll mention it here as a poem!

    The moon will turn red
    The earth’s shadow blocks sunlight
    It’s called an eclipse

     

Comments (26)

  • Indeed it is- one more hour!

    • I'm planning to get time-lapse shots up to full eclipse, if I can stay awake that long!

    • I hope you saw it -- the fog came in just at midnight here, so I didn't get to see the blood moon part of the event!

  • :) Get your camera ready I have 3 more hours til red/orange moon. I might be sleeping. My CPA is late too, I'm on extension but I have to know how much to pay. You are talking in Haiku..lol

    • Doesn't the eclipse happen at the same time around the world -- it should be ready for you in about an hour, just as it is here -- assuming a 3-hour time difference, you should go out at about 9 pm your time and take a look, just to be sure!!

    • I gave up around 5:30 this evening and went out to supper -- when I got home at 7:00, there was a message that the return was ready -- I picked it up right away, and will return the e-file authorization in the morning -- all is well, and I will get back almost everything I prepaid!!

  • weather people said starts at 9 eclipse at 10:30

  • I never get anything back. Ok. I just went out to see where it is :) it's nice and bright I'll try at 9 that would be good, if it's early.

  • Ok I got it partial eclipse now 8pm. total eclipse begin 9 max eclipse 9:46 eclipse ends 10:30

  • we are socked in by clouds tonight ~ so disappointing ~

    • Oh, dear -- that is disappointing! I'm headed outside to catch the full eclipse, but won't stay up much longer! Will post anything that comes out well.

  • Great haiku!
    I watched it! Went outside, wrapped up in a blanket and watched for about ninety minutes. It was so cool and beautiful! :-)
    I will go out again one more time before I head for bed. :-)
    I hope you were able to get some shots! :-)
    HUGS!!! :-)

    • I was up almost till the actual full eclipse, but that was midnight and the fog was coming in and I didn't wait to see if the fog would leave again! Didn't get to see the red part, but there was one tiny sliver of very bright light the last time I was outside.

  • The nerve of some people, Stealing another person's poem. My original poem was going to be a video of wing chimes but I ran out of time and energy.

  • I love the haiku and I'm sure my windchime post is not original - but I've done it and it is going up anyway...

  • We couldn't see it because of bad weather here. We got 2 inches of snow. :(

    • Snow still?! I saw part of the eclipse, but the fog came in, true to form, right at midnight when the eclipse was at its fullest.

  • did you see it?

  • Love the haiku!

    It was way too cloudy here last night to be able to see the eclipse. :(

  • Very creative and cool poem. I did get to watch the blood moon, with the sun's light reflecting from behind. It was awesome~~~at 2 a m.

Comments are closed.

Post a Comment