Quatrains about the Moon
By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
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In the last few weeks I have been working on a mini-anthology of the Romanian Society for Meteors and Astronomy (SARM) including quatrains about the Moon. Initially I wanted to translate it in full into English, but this process proved too complicated, the quatrain being a very demanding poetic species (rhythm, rhyme, equality of syllables per line), so I resorted to a compromise: I selected only 10 out of over 40, I used rhymes only in lines two and four and I did not take into account the number of syllables per line, but I respected the spirit of each creation.
On this occasion, teacher Zigmund Tauberg sets his own world record for longevity in astropoetry at the age of 97 years and over 7 months.
Here is the mini-mini-anthology in English of the mini-anthology in Romanian:
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SELENARY QUATRAIN
By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
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There isn't much atmosphere
On the Moon, nor is there a path
For you, in its immense seas,
To be able to take a bath!
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FULL MOON
By Zigmund Tauberg
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Full Moon, you are divine,
Gifts to gifts bring so much joy!
You take light from the Sun and
Give it to us as a happy envoy.
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THE MOON WITHOUT FAULT
By Constantin Kapitza
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We forget that it is a New Moon,
Or the Full Moon (with much pride!)…
Certainly, it is not her fault,
And you will not see her dark side!
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IN THE DIVINE VERSES OF THE FIRST STEP / THE GIANT LEAP
By Tit Tihon
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Terra wakes up in the rays of the Moon,
Dreaming of the man who left behind, solo,
On the long-revered lunar dust,
The space module of the god Apollo.
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LUNAR QUATRAIN
By Stefan Cristache
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No kingdom without a queen,
Pulsar tears are pessimism,
Oh, beloved Full Moon,
Interstellar mysticism!
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ASTROQUATRAIN OF TEEN LOVE
By Danut Ionescu
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When the Moon is slowly heading towards Eclipse,
Sit quietly, darling, in the first row, like a boss,
And from hidden formulas, ascensions, declinations,
We will make ephemerides for the asteroid Eros!
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THE MOON
By Victor Chifelea
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From the Sun she steals silver, noble garment,
But she shines pale, absconding and silent,
Shadows flicker in a cold, unknown white -
Echo of the night's light on my argument.
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COMMON MOON TIME
By Ion(ut) Moraru
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Time flows in different rhythms,
Einstein dedicated his eulogy to relativity,
Scientists have even invented atomic clocks…
What are the hours in lunar synchrony?
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PERIGEE
By Elena Armenescu
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There is an astral spectacle in the sky
When the Moon is at perigee,
And sleepwalkers climb houses phenomenally,
Reaching their own apogee.
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CRATERS…
By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
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Tycho, Kepler, Copernicus -
Lunar craters, longer and shorter…
My girlfriend couldn't see them clearly
Because we were under the First Quarter!
#poetry