this our stage backlit
from hereon in 'tis Summer
flowers turn to fruit
~
CLP 22/06/2022
on light
Tag Archives: Solar System
on time
light fills June's night sky
we swing toward the Solstice
gratitude in hearts
~
CLP 20/06/2022
on time
if you get up early
during these short days
get out, walk towards the east
stand still, watch the bright light grow
from deep blue, so blue its almost black
to steel grey
watch the horizon burn
turn, look up at the highest point
study the golden light edging down
the church steeple
the conifer
the pylon
city hall's clock tower
you'll feel the Earth spinning
taking you into a new day
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CLP 14/01/2022
on time
sooner and later
edges of day stretch apart
cast light into gloom
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n.b. The shift is noticeable, not just the steadily extending day, but the intensity of light seems to increase as the Sun’s daily arc moves toward the centre of the northern sky’s canopy.
CLP 07/01/2022
on time
clock hands coincide
alcohol, fireworks, bagpipes
relentless orbit
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n.b. A fleeting moment in the grand scheme of things. Our solar system wheels on through the Universe, no looking back.
~
CLP 01/01/2022
on darkness
this is the limit
solar orbit continues
we move toward light
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n.b. Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel it! Something to celebrate brothers and sisters.
n.b. This deal does not apply to dwellers in the southern hemisphere.
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CLP 21/12/2021
on Autumn
tardy Sun arrives
pays us cursory visit
clocks off as soon as...
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n.b. If it even bothers to turn up for work these days.
CLP 08/12/2021
on the Moon
drowned in street lighting
giving up her fight with man
another day gone
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n.b. The waning crescent slips barely noticed below the horizon. Here just visible above the retail park roof, just to the right of the lamp.
CLP 08/11/2021
on Switzerland ii
the planets and stars
worry not about our troubles
they rise above us
~
n.b. Jupiter and satellites with Mars over Lac Léman.
CLP 24/09/2021
on dusk
Sun barely abed
when with a gleam in his eyes
fat orange Moon wakes
n.b. Jupiter and her offspring were on their way home too. A busy hour or so around the horizon as the autumn equinox hoves into view.
CLP 22/09/2021
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