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Umbra: a solar eclipse haiku

Die ac Nocte

By Gerard DiLeoPublished 18 days ago 1 min read
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Touch and Go

Sol in obscura

Per umbral Luna transit

Tactus et fugit

Haiku
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About the Creator

Gerard DiLeo

Retired, not tired. In Life Phase II: Living and writing from a decommissioned Catholic church in Hull, MA. Phase I: was New Orleans (and everything that entails).

https://www.amazon.com/Gerard-DiLeo/e/B00JE6LL2W/

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  • Dharrsheena Raja Segarran18 days ago

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

  • Joe Patterson18 days 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://vocal.media/poets/-zadf0i7m https://vocal.media/poets/eclipto https://vocal.media/poets/calor-fugit https://vocal.media/poets/day-and-night-yuzv0ur6 https://vocal.media/poets/lunacy-mi10d0uo9 https://vocal.media/poets/e-c-llipse https://vocal.media/poets/dawn-to-dusk-to-dawn https://vocal.media/poets/umbra-a-solar-eclipse-haiku https://vocal.media/fiction/99-the-second-coming

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

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