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Umbra: a solar eclipse haiku

Die ac Nocte

By Gerard DiLeoPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
Touch and Go

Sol in obscura

Per umbral Luna transit

Tactus et fugit

Haiku

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Gerard DiLeo

Retired, not tired. Hippocampus, behave!

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  • Dharrsheena Raja Segarran2 years ago

    Hehehe I had to use Google translate. Loved your Haiku!

  • Joe Patterson2 years ago

    Refreshing to see some alternative language added to the fold.

  • All of my eclipse work: in acrostic, haiku, and story-of-the-day: https://shopping-feedback.today/poets/-zadf0i7m%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E https://shopping-feedback.today/poets/eclipto%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E https://shopping-feedback.today/poets/calor-fugit%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E https://shopping-feedback.today/poets/day-and-night-yuzv0ur6%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E https://shopping-feedback.today/poets/lunacy-mi10d0uo9%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E https://shopping-feedback.today/poets/e-c-llipse%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E https://shopping-feedback.today/poets/dawn-to-dusk-to-dawn%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E https://shopping-feedback.today/poets/umbra-a-solar-eclipse-haiku%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E https://shopping-feedback.today/fiction/99-the-second-coming%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">

  • OK, I think that does it for me. I'm all eclipsed out!

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