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comet Swift-Tuttle
Perseid meteor show
shooting star wishes

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Poet's notes:
8/12/2018

"Every year, from around July 17 to August 24, our planet Earth crosses the orbital path of Comet Swift-Tuttle, the parent of the Perseid meteor shower. Debris from this comet litters the comet’s orbit, but we don’t really get into the thick of the comet rubble until after the first week of August. The bits and pieces from Comet Swift-Tuttle slam into the Earth’s upper atmosphere at some 130,000 miles (210,000 km) per hour, lighting up the nighttime with fast-moving Perseid meteors." (~EarthSky link)

comet Swift-Tuttle Perseid meteor show shooting star wishes

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Lyric Man

Date: 8/13/2018 2:21:00 PM

I watch it last night or early this morning (4am).. what a heavenly delight!

Mark Toney
Date: 8/13/2018 8:11:00 PM

Celestial fireworks are the best! Thank you for your comment, Lyric Man :)

Tom Cunningham

Date: 8/12/2018 11:58:00 PM

Have seen them many times, an awesome sight. Lovely image in your haiku Mark. Tom

Mark Toney
Date: 8/13/2018 7:50:00 AM

Tom, an awesome sight indeed! Thank you for your kind encouragement.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 8/12/2018 10:26:00 PM

You have made me yearn to go outside and watch the stars tonight, alas, the five raccoons on the porch stop me.

Mark Toney
Date: 8/13/2018 7:47:00 AM

Lol... Caren, it sounds like we live in the same type of environment :) What a fun comment!

Susan Ashley

Date: 8/12/2018 8:19:00 PM

Shooting star wishes - how beautiful, Mark. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Mark Toney
Date: 8/13/2018 7:45:00 AM

Susan, thank you for your lovely comment. I had 3 ways to go with the last line and chose "shooting star wishes." Your comment makes me glad I did :)

Brandy Nicole

Date: 8/12/2018 7:05:00 PM

And my wish is: That we will always be friends, across time and space. Such beautiful images you paint with your words. :) Brandy

Mark Toney
Date: 8/13/2018 7:42:00 AM

Brandy, thank you for your beautifully gracious comment :)

Eve Roper

Date: 8/12/2018 6:07:00 PM

Beautiful imagery in this nicely done haiku, Mark, the stars are so beautiful to watch through a star telescope.Hugs Eve

Mark Toney
Date: 8/13/2018 7:41:00 AM

Thank you so much, Eve. After reading your comment I remembered that I had an inexpensive star telescope that I enjoyed using when I was a teen. Thanks for bringing back that memory!