tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8598542610862808596.post4488397734627621477..comments2022-11-29T10:47:34.773-06:00Comments on Eric Bowen's Photo Blog: Ham Lake Forest FireEric Bowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365330785571984254noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8598542610862808596.post-39383139346371035362007-06-05T18:42:00.000-06:002007-06-05T18:42:00.000-06:00The moon is gone.She fled as dawn approached.Dawn ...The moon is gone.<BR/><BR/>She fled as dawn approached.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Dawn as a slowly opening eye.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>White sea birds skimming over the water,<BR/><BR/>looking for an early morning snack.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>The mirror brightens.<BR/><BR/><BR/>From a blood moon at dawn to a mirror<BR/><BR/>reflecting waking life...<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>#######<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>I woke her to take the moon.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Her campaign was swift and terrible.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Metallic and fierce.<BR/><BR/>Glaring up in the twilight.<BR/><BR/><BR/>But the moon was both implacable and unreachable<BR/><BR/>and in the end the war against the moon failed.<BR/><BR/>As dawn rose slowly from her bed, the moon slipped away.<BR/><BR/>But in the end, all that was lost,<BR/><BR/>was a little sleep....<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>################<BR/><BR/><BR/>1 June 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Burning Moon<BR/><BR/>Moon Fire<BR/><BR/>Blood Moon<BR/><BR/>smoked Moon<BR/><BR/>Smoky Moon<BR/><BR/>Smouldering Moon<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&<BR/><BR/><BR/>4 June 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>After the storm, my mine cleared.<BR/><BR/><BR/>And a high wind arose and blew the tropics north.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>running quartz crystals through a blender.<BR/><BR/>sand through your engines.<BR/><BR/>bubble in your bays.<BR/><BR/>estuaries reaching out toward forbidden seas...<BR/><BR/>sand through your eyes.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>5 June 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Calm as baby's breath<BR/><BR/><BR/>as peaceful as the storm's eye<BR/><BR/><BR/>Clouds spread and drawn with rough strokes of stratospheric winds<BR/><BR/><BR/>a warm and windy tropical day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com