SOLAR ECLIPSES AND SARM (12)
By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
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I dedicate this series to Astronomers Without Borders in response to the fact that this organization is the guarantor of a new SARM expedition, this time for the observation of the total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024.
Since I will also be present in the Dallas area to observe this phenomenon, which will crown the Global Astronomy Month in 2024, I hope to be able to create a SARM mini-anthology of astropoetry on this topic for AWB in May.
Until then, I wish you clear skies and I conclude with some other creations about solar eclipses in the history of SARM:
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I am the friend of a dragon
that eats the Sun.
“Sing for me,” he said,
“I miss so much
the mythological hero
who would kill me...”
(Dan Mitrut, 1999, during a total solar eclipse)
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The Sun is our king;
the eclipse puts the crown
on his forehead.
(Zigmund Tauberg, about a total solar eclipse)
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Many nights
sky lovers watch
heavenly bodies writing poems
on the constellations' symphonies.
But when the Sun blends with the Moon
for a partial eclipse in the morning...
this could be a heavenly blues!
(Andrei Dorian Gheorghe, 2003, during a partial solar eclipse)
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The solar eclipse
gives us dreams to the sky -
the Moon watches over them.
(Tit Tihon)
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And finally, one of my favorite poems (which I wrote during a fascinating partial solar eclipse in 2011):
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ECLIPSE POLICIER
By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
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“It seems that the Moon
has stolen a part of the Sun.”
“It’s elementary, Dr. Watson,”
replied Sherlock Holmes,
“a partial solar eclipse
is not included
in the catalogue of felonies.”
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“However, medically,
I have to remark that the Sun
has lost some brightness.
So maybe we should arrest
the natural satellite.”
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“It’s elementary, my dear Watson,”
replied the consultant detective,
“the Sun is so strong
that soon he will be free again.
But for her attractive show of force
during the daytime,
the Moon should be rather
complimented!”
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