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Open Poetry #1

Today's big news

Sue
Member

since 1999-08-04

Posts 383
France

0 posted 1999-08-11 09:41 AM

This is for all the people who travelled in vain to watch the solar eclipse today.

They all went on such trips to watch the eclipse
To Germany, Cornwall, and France.
In Cornwall, they say, it was cloudy and grey;
What, watch the event? Not a chance!
They fell over themselves to empty the shelves
Of spectacles nearly opaque.
But though they all cheered when the sun disappeared
The grey of the sky did not break.

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

1 posted 1999-08-11 10:32 AM

I saw it on the news and on the puter. Guess I had the best spot of all!

Sue
Member

since 1999-08-04

Posts 383
France

2 posted 1999-08-11 10:49 AM

I saw the 95% version with a clear sky. It was fascinating.

Toerag
Member Ascendant

since 1999-07-29

Posts 5622
Ala bam a

3 posted 1999-08-11 11:08 AM

That was really good Susie...innovative!

angel girl
Member

since 1999-07-23

Posts 322
within a whisper...

4 posted 1999-08-12 08:26 AM

I'm an American, but i'm living in England right now (ugh

). I got to see the eclipse at 97% on my lunch hour. It was awsome. However, I would never travel far to see it.

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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
-William Shakespeare

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