good poem thar Lyn, enjoyed the sounds & oscillating rhymes.
"temporary widowhood"; I should point out, trips a bit in rhythm.
KS
On 04/03/07, Lyn Moir <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> In fact, with a bit of changing to the colours (2001 was oranges and browns)
> I think it still stands.
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> Lyn
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> Lunar Eclipse
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> No wild coronas blazing in the dark,
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> no rings of fire, no diamonds in the sky,
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> your shadowing more subtle than the blind
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> black masking of your lover's face, no stark
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> annihilation of the light, you mark
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> this darkness with passivity, resigned
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> to loss of his reflection, dignify
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> your enforced mourning with consummate art
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> and summon up the spectrum, put on shades
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> of scarlet, crimson, purple, blue, a screen
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> to cloak your temporary widowhood;
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> you flaunt voluptuous contours as light fades,
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> gaining solidity, and with it seem
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> to change, to be the entity you should.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lyn Moir" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 8:47 AM
> Subject: Re: Eclipses and vampires
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> >I took some stunning photos of it. Last time I saw a lunar eclipse it
> >inspired a poem. Don't know about this time. It may come.
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> > Lyn
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joanna Boulter" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 9:20 PM
> > Subject: Eclipses and vampires
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> >
> >> There is due, they say, to be a full lunar eclipse tonight. Furthermore,
> >> they say the moon will look reddish and rather bloody. I would advise
> >> being very careful when you go out. Perhaps it would be wise to eat
> >> garlic for supper.
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