The Eclipse

Darkness

Ascends upon you

Restrains the blazing sun

Keeping its pace, at a crawl

Nibbles at the ripening litchi

Even as it starts receding

Stand up and watch

Sunlight

*

*

*

(This piece is something that popped into my mind a while ago, prompted by the Eclipse challenge, but I have only just managed to sit down to it and put some flesh on the idea. I like merging styles and forms to generate something new so this concrete poetry/double acrostic is right up my street. Well, as for concrete poetry, my idea was slightly different but this is the best I could do with what Vocal makes possible. Still not sure if this version is final so maybe I will revisit and fiddle with it when better ideas appear.)