Super Duper Blue
The moon plays tricks
with a lunar eclipse
eyes to the skies
the full moon comes soon
twice this month is nice
number two is blue
tipping and slipping
under the earth’s umbra
invitingly in syzygy
this blood moon makes us swoon.
© Rebecca Sanchez 2018
A Blue Moon is when two full moons happen in the same calendar month; lunar eclipses occur when the moon passes into Earth’s shadow; and supermoons happen when the moon’s perigee — its closest approach to Earth in a single orbit — coincides with a full moon. In this case, the supermoon also happens to be the day of the lunar eclipse.
The second full moon and the lunar eclipse will occur on the night of Jan. 30 or the morning of the 31st. And the supermoon will take place on the night of Jan. 30, which is technically one day before the moon reaches peak fullness, but even NASA is willing to call the event a supermoon nonetheless.
I watched it last night on my patio it was awesome! My picture isn’t great, but it’s the only camera I had. This was when the moon was fully eclipsed and blood orange.
Written with my friends at Poets United for the prompt moon. Also, shared with my friends at Imaginary Garden With Real Toads.
You bring the very special nature of this astronomical occurrence to the fore with your wonderful poem, Bekkie!
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Thank you so much, Jammy! Playing with those “science words” was great fun.
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Joyful wordplay, Bekkie!
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Thank you, Frank!
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I love the playful & tricky moon portrayed here 🙂
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Thank you, Sumana!
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Actually I love your photo – and the fun poem.
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Thank you, Rosemary! It is an authentic photo anyway.
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Glad you got to see it. I like the perspective of it in your photo.
I missed it, but I feel it.
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It was very powerful to experience. I kept thinking, what would people make of it years ago? They would of freaked!
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Glad you got to see the blue blood super moon, and captured it ny this poem. I tried, but failed. It was behind trees on the horizon.
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Sorry, you missed it, Rob. It was a powerful experience.
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I went outside to look and the Moon glared at me and said “Stop looking at me I am fed up with all this gawping”. So I went to bed and missed it.
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Oh no! I like the idea that the moon was watching us back!
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It does make us swoon and was definitely blue!
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Thank you, Yvonne!
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Your poem is as rare and beautiful as the blue moon itself!❤️
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You are so kind, Sanaa! Thank you!
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❤❤❤
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Love the flow of rhyme here!
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Thank you! I do love to rhyme and it was fun to rhyme a few of those words.
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Rainy here so no moon….I enjoyed yours though!
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Thank you, Sherry! It was a great experience I’ll never forget.
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I love your picture! and your Poem! That syzygy gets me every time, even when I cannot visually witness it.
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Thanks, Susan! Lol!
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I think I missed it.
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I only wish I’d had a proper camera. It was a once in a lifetime experience I’m glad I got up for. Thank you, Frank!
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