Lunar Eclipse Poem
2008 February 19
For the Poetry Train this week, I offer this 3:15 experiment poem from last August which fits in with the upcoming lunar eclipse on Weds. Feb. 20 at sunset Pacific Coast time (for more, see the post below). In the 3:15 Experiment, participants from around the globe wake up and write at 3:15 in the morning every night in the month of August in order to stay in a that half awake, half asleep semi conscious dream state…raw unedited 3:15 poems are posted on the website, the 3:15 experiment
Tues Aug 28 2007 315am
The moon is burnt orange
the sun took a bite & then another
covering the moon with its shadow
only lit now by light
reflected by earth, by us
It’s spooky & a bit crazy
yet I want to wake my son up
show him our moon
its light should be spilling
across my bed across my face
instead it is eerily dark
when only a few hours ago
it was light
It looks sad alone quiet
up there in the dark
with only a few trees to
hug it lost w/o its light
I like poems dealing with the moon. Your poem enhances monn’s loneliness.
ode for convoluted crevices
Oops!
*moon’s
good poem. the moon — always an inspiring figure though we always seem to think it’s lonely.
Hi AP! Lovely eclipse, wasn’t it? Yes, always a bit eerie.
I like the final lines.
Hello: I am a student in a Video streaming class. I am asking your permission to use your poem in a video about a lunar eclipe in our area.
I couldn’t find any other way to correspond my request. Than You,
Steve G. Patterson
sure Steve, thanks for asking my permission; glad you like the poem! I will email you for more details. will i be able to post it on my blog?
steve, the email on your reply didn’t work. please contact me again with contact info.
This is my correct e-mail.
steve, that email doesn’t seem to work for me–when i try it, it comes back. do you have another way to contact you?
i thought i’d add an art predator email but haven’t done so yet.