The Moon has a bright and shiny face
The Moon has a bright and shiny face It guides us all our lives The wise old owl With its wise old eyes watches Mr. Moon go sailing by -By Eileen Finnegan, age 84, Ireland. Eileen Finnegan is the mother of Deirdre Kelleghan, AWB National Coordinator for Ireland. Comments You need JavaScript to be able to post comments You need to be logged in to leave a comment Click Here to Login
The Lunar Blessing
I wrote this haiku inspired by Valenting Grigore's picture, taken in October 2010 at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma, Canary Islands. - Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (Romania) Comments You need JavaScript to be able to post comments You need to be logged in to leave a comment Click Here to Login
Orb of Light
Glued above the sky at night Glowing orb of shining light Sweet reflection of Sun's rays Changing faces day-by-day Blemished scars of meteors fall Seen in shadowed crater walls Holds the story of time past In its surface record cast In Earth's shadow masked in blood Coat of fear, drives people mad Hide the Sun through full eclipse Fill the day in darkness bliss Pull the seas up with your tides In your light let starlight hide And high above, let ring of light Surround you in such glorious sight - Norman Marigza, Quezon City, Philippines Comments You need JavaScript...
Lunar Week Day 7: 16 April, 2011 - Moonlight Sonata
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Above Mount Wilson, The full Moon's song fills the sky... Dazzled domes slumber. -Bob Eklund, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Credit : Marilyn Morgan (captured & downloaded) & the Mt. Wilson towercam Comments You need JavaScript to be able to post comments You need to be logged in to leave a comment Click Here to Login
Lunar Week Day 6: 15 April, 2011 - Blue Moons
A thousand full moons Swim in dewdrops in the deep Sea-blue of my car. -Bob Eklund, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. (From the book “First Star I See Tonight,” copyright 2007 by Robert L. Eklund.) IN THE U.S.A., THE TERM “BLUE MOON” is commonly used (especially in the popular press) to refer to the second full moon in a given month—a rather rare occurrence. From this, we have the expression “once in a blue moon,” meaning something that happens very rarely. Whether or not the moon ever looks blue in the sky is debatable, but on the night I wrote this...
