(Image by author.)
early on we assumed a dragon
came to eat the sun
light itself threatened by the cosmos
in our later enlightenment
picnic under heaven’s shadows
shaped up as the ritual norm
even now, though: smiles slip to gasps
About the Creator
Mark Francis
Published translator of verse and original writer of haiku, senryu, lyric, occasional and genre poetry and speculative fiction.
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Comments (14)
Mark, this is marvelous. Leave it to you to capture the hungry dragons.
Congrats!
wondrous!
nice one!!!
This is great. Congrats on the TS
Congratulations 🎉🎉 for top story .You radiate positivity! Your energy uplifts everyone around you.
congrats for your top story.
Simplistic, yet full of awe and wonder. Congrats on your Top Story!
I like the contrast between what we used to think of eclipses vs our calm understanding of them now. And “ smiles slip to gasps” shows that they still hold a sense of wonder for us. Nicely done Mark:)
This is lovely. Congrats on the TS.
Clever adaptation and use of the word Adds a story book feel to this piece Congratulations
Like a new myth and/or a new fable with a great interpretation of intensity
This is one way of looking at such a historical event.
Nice take on the eclipse acrostic!