Musical Eclipse
In Eclipse Challenge Entry
Elton in his creative exhuberance exclaimed against the sun's demise
Cold is the night when a sky full of stars are at play, as the stars of the show take the stage
looking as we must, as the sun disappears behind its celestial partner
it's only a paper moon shadowing it all
patterns and sequences, eclipsical occurences, all you touch, see, taste, feel, love and hate
Springsteen calls you to the dancefloor for lunar dance and romance
Ella reminds us it's just a paper moon and soon the sun will reappear
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Comments (11)
Stretched thin enough, aren't all things eventually just paper? Stretched but a bit further, do they not evanesce? (You knew I'd manage to work that in somehow.) And cannot anything eclipse another if their positions are sufficiently relative?
Great one, Paul. You worked a lot into this, and it was so creative and unique for the challenge!🎶
Is there a “for dummies” bit at the end? 😅 Great idea- just wish my music knowledge was better.
Very nice Paul! Such a unique take on the challenge. 😄
"looking as we must, as the sun disappears behind its celestial partner" Ah, the romance! I just can't help but love the language of poetry when it's written about the sun and the moon. <3
Sir Paul, I know nothing about any references 😅 All I know is that paper moon reminded me of Melissa's book, The Half Paper Moon hehehe. Loved your Paulitical Acrostic!
It’s only a paper moon I especially love this 🥹🥹🥹✨
Last line was my favorite! What a cool way to approach this challenge. Well freaking done.
This is great, too....literary still my fav, though
Oh, I love this, my friend! Creative and beautiful ❤️ Makes me want to learn a bit more about each of those mentioned here
This was fun Paul, I really like the creativity of this piece!!