SOLAR ECLIPSES AND SARM (5)
By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
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During each total solar eclipse
I can tell you:
if you really want to be alive
on this surprising Earth…
then never forget home
your celestial passport!
(Andrei Dorian Gheorghe)
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In March 2006, the Romanian Society for Meteors and Astronomy (SARM) organized a national Romanian expedition with special guests from the Netherlands and Germany to observe a total solar eclipse in Turkey, in which the participants passed through Istanbul. Ankara, Cappadocia, the Taurus Mountains and stopped to watch the spectacular phenomenon on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, near some ancient ruins.
Then I coordinated a special international web project of astro-photo-art-poetry (cosmopoetry), from which I selected the following collage of texts (composed by participants in the expedition and by authors who saw the eclipse online or only its partiality from other European countries):
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Marine breeze;
petals of eclipse
among the palm trees
(Iulian Olaru, Romania)
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crown of hidden light
mysterious celestial way
grandiose apogee
(Cristina Slovineanu, Romania)
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As we never found a meteor
during a total solar eclipse,
we could consider the eclipsed Sun
as the greatest black fireball
of all times.
(Andrei Dorian Gheorghe, Romania)
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The light of the eclipse.
So unbelievably colorful.
The moon couldn't resist it and winked to me.
(Jos Nijland, the Netherlands)
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Every moment we make choices.
I chose the cherry on the cake: the eclipse!!!
With its incredible colours.
With its mysterious darkness.
(Alexandrina Zuza, Romania)
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Pots, pans bang loudly
Even the sheep look skyward
Please come back oh Sun! ...
What an awesome sight
My brain cannot grasp the why
Real darkness at noon.
(Arlene Carol, USA/Turkey)
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Thank you, total solar eclipse,
you were the ethereal coin
through which we bought
terrestrial happiness.
(Andrei Dorian Gheorghe, Romania)
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Celestial Festivity:
Master of Light crowned by Queen of Night
at noon.
Guests:
only the close planets
and a few important stars.
Silent witnesses:
earthlings who have the right
to taste four minutes of immortality.
(Valentin Grigore, Romania)
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beasts in alert
the sun - a black hole
evening at noon
(Ion Moraru, Romania)
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The eclipse’s spirit comes to you like a net,
all is mute around you,
and the darkness seems to be at home,
and the time is like turned to stone.
(Silviu Georgescu, Romania)
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night in the full day
hot Moon caresses
Sun’s neck
(Dominic Diamant, Romania)
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When the Sun plays with the Moon
in the canopy of heaven
I wonder if the light star is replaced, through witchcraft,
by another one, smaller, colder and paler.
(Victor Chifelea, Romania)
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post-eclipse
in the afternoon dawn
frogs croak
(Gerald England, UK)
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naïve, we amazingly watch
shadow receiving light -
engagement ring
(Aivil, Romania)
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When a child draws an eclipse
no cloud can darken the paper.
Good news:
today the Universe exists in a box of crayons.
(Dan Mitrut, Romania)
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.Tongues of blazes
Thoughts flooding the sky
Soul crowned by the eclipse
(Irina Cristescu, Romania)
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It is so fine when
people from all over the world
are united by the same heavenly show!
Dancers:
Selene and Helios.
Choreographers:
Urania and the Creator.
(Valentin Grigore & Andrei Dorian Gheorghe)
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You can watch the entire international super-project (with spectacular photos) here:
PASSPORTS FOR A HEAVENLY EXPEDITION
http://www.cosmopoetry.ro/passport/
#poetry