Shadow Hamilton Poet Verse

The Darkness At Noon

As the moon passes over the sun
the earth to darkness is plunged
in olden times people were in fear
thinking this is the world's end

Pitch blackness covers the earth
day and night are now reversed
no bird songs now can be heard
just an ominously deep silence

slowly so slowly the light returns
a collective sigh of relief from all
today is not yet the world's end
just an eclipse of startling magnitude

05/07 2014

contest The Darkness at Noon

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Andrea Dietrich May 15, 2014 at 8:27 PM I'm so glad to see this one rated rather high. It was so deserving of that. Congrats, Shadow.

Lori Lucas Mcclure May 15, 2014 at 1:30 PM congratulations on a great win! Lori

Dr.Ram Mehta May 15, 2014 at 10:09 AM Thanks for your support and congrats on a win in my poem, Shadow

Aiyah Torres May 15, 2014 at 9:37 AM very well expressed... nicely done!!! ~~ Congratulations, Shadow!!~~

Andrea Dietrich May 8, 2014 at 9:49 PM very nice description of how the ancients used to interpret things. I really like your entry into this contest, Shadow.

Richard Lamoureux May 8, 2014 at 8:28 AM Hi Shadow, I just found out You picked my cowboy poem, Yippie Kayay! You just made my day! Your contest was rooten tooten good fun. I am now off to read the other entries. Thanks for choosing my piece.

Richard Lamoureux May 8, 2014 at 8:20 AM Perhaps the Eclipse is to help us practice for the end times and to make us realize our ending is but a beginning to our eternity.

Lisa Lee May 8, 2014 at 8:08 AM Nice imagery! Ty, I really felt what you were saying! Also, thank you for the nice words you said to me!

Robert Pettit May 7, 2014 at 4:46 PM Nice poetic way to describe a solar eclipse. Within our solar system, this only occurs on the Earth. I remember seeing the one on the East Coast of the United States back in March of 1970. The moon's shadow traveled up the coast from the Carolinas to the Canadian maritime provinces.