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An Alaskan Moon
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An Alaskan Moon |
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poettothecars Senior Member
since 2006-02-10
Posts 1093New Zealand 
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5537 An Alaskan Moon 19 July 2006 Under an Alaskan moon that night of love As to honey and maple syrup this intermix of kindness to dream Two hearts, two souls to be or not to be in Shakespearian words Alas or a lass and man of means for was it true, or revelation lost So many roads, other paths to seek for was the first last or never at all She was happiness, his divinity of fate together as one in gathering of kind That night under an Alaskan moon both in eyes to sky surrender Then would it be true, for in Alaska those days were endless in ways borne While the sun rises and sets for the planet earth every day. because the earth rotates once a day about its own axis, in passing through the north and south poles. The times that the sun rises and sets varies with your location on the planet and the time of the year. Given this variation is greater the farther you are from the equator. During the summer in Anchorage, Alaska, the sun rises at 3 am and sets at midnight. It never gets completely dark! During the winter, there is only 3 hours of sunlight. The reason for this is that earth’s own axis of rotation is not aligned with its axis of revolution about the sun. As a consequence, the sun does not always rise and set directly in the east and west during the year. © 2006 Christopher W Herbert (a New Zealand Poet) a poet who cares |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
 thanks for the inspire this morning  |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
someone had sent that pic to me in email as the sunset at the northpole i thought it was beautiful |
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aziza Member Elite
since 2006-07-09
Posts 2995Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy! |
You do justice to the moon that shines over my home. Thank you. aziza |
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poettothecars Senior Member
since 2006-02-10
Posts 1093New Zealand |
I had considered using a copy of that photograph as a background to my 'poetic artwork' in using the above poem. Only the photograph had been optimised and showed up too many marks on it I was unable to remove. So here I am, and I don't want to use a copyrighted photograph without permission either. So maybe I should email a New Zealand friend in Alaska and see if they can help out. a poet who cares |
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