Eclipse Sequence

ECLIPSE SEQUENCE

January 9th 2001

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bright full moon
shines through thin cloud
~ a plane flies over

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the shadow bites ~
level with big planets
Capella shines

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four-fifths gone
more stars appear
Venus fades

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from her sick-bed
my wife watches the action
on television

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frosty night ~
deep red disc
in Gemini

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light rays spread
to Pollux and Castor
~ crescent emerges

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half moon
Procyon and Sirius
twinkle low

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small shadow left
the biting wind
sends me indoors

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the whole moon
south in winter sky
~ curtains close

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© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 9th January 2001

Publications

2001 ROMANIAN CONTEMPORARY ASTROPOETRY 2001 (Targoviste, SARM)
2006 Other Voices (Internet)
2007 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

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SECVENTELE ECLIPSEI
de Gerald England
(in romaneste de Andrei Dorian Gheorghe)

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luminoasa luna plina
straluce prin nor subtire-
un avion zboara deasupra-i

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umbra musca
nivel cu mari planete
Capella straluceste

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patru-cinci duse
mai multe stele apar
Venus se ofileste

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din patu-i de boala
sotia mea priveste actiunea
la televizor

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noapte inghetata
disc rosu adanc
in Gemenii

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raze de lumina se raspandesc
spre Castor si Pollux-
crescente rasarind

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luna jumatate
Procyon si Sirius
licaresc incet

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mica umbra scade
vantul muscator
ma trimite inauntru

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luna intreaga
sud in cer de iarna-
cortinele se trag


Publications

2001 Astronautica (Romania)
2002 SARM News (Internet)
2007 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)