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Morning After
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Morning After |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
The following was inspired by the phrase "the dry side." I was feeling like my writing was in a dry side, however, what transpired here was about the dry side of our nation following the blue blood moon. MORNING AFTER from the dry side brittle stems crack parched leaves crumble pock-marked soil of a rain gone silent yet a turn around’s bound to be found this morning when dew clings the blades delaying the mowing till half-past sunrise surely it was wise to stall taking in leisure a treasure of Sunday’s afternoon waiting for the moon to glow red on its way to bright I drove to escape the city lights of my pseudo-metropolis staring longingly and long before the color found its way into my vision certain I’d seen the best of it headed home for the rest of it, finding standing in my driveway was a better perspective, checking back now and then to find later on a bright blurred by my need for a new prescription, perhaps, for almost a double moon is seen surely perigee has no such definition to be so much closer to be twice itself did this conjunction prove a function toward a moister clime a chilliness short of a coat of rime upon the lawn? this morning after, thirty-five degrees greets the hour, though we’re to move toward a much greater mercury here on this side of Earth. ©Virginia Salter September 28, 2015 Whether on the shoal or on the shore, |
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Ticklefingers Senior Member Posts 710 Louisiana |
Many good thoughts throughout your well-crafted poetry, some of which I could connect with straightaway. Hope I'm around for a few more. Seems like I never see a blood moon twice from the same place. 88's friend She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast". |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
Thanks, I'm guessing, piano player! For reading and taking time to comment. I think it's 33 years before there's a blood moon eclipse, but I think there may be a blood moon before that, don't recall what I've read in that regard. Whether on the shoal or on the shore, |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
nice writing...james |
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