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Post by micky74007 » April 22nd, 2017, 10:00 am

a once per year treat
meteor shower tonight
sky covered with clouds



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Post by ObsidianMule » April 22nd, 2017, 10:13 am

That's always the case with me too.



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Post by entwife » April 22nd, 2017, 10:33 am

yes the only night that it is cloudier is when there is an eclipse.


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Post by Michaelwg3 » April 22nd, 2017, 10:59 am

I'm going to send a complaint letter to Trump. Maybe he can do something about this problem.



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Post by The ghost » April 22nd, 2017, 2:08 pm

Of all the days to be cloudy.
Mother Nature, playing with our emotions.
This haiku reminds me of another writer I found in the back pages, a favorite of mine, called konch


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Post by dwells » April 22nd, 2017, 10:16 pm

Hail Micky and really enjoyed the conflict established in the first and third lines; to create a sense of heavenly disappointment. Cheers and well done! - Dan


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Post by aoeclald » May 9th, 2017, 4:26 pm

Hi Micky, lovely little poem - albeit a sad defeat in the end. Thankfully it is an annual event and not something you'd only chance upon once in your lifetime.

Thanks for sharing,
Luke



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Post by rupertpupkin » March 13th, 2019, 9:41 am

I totally get this. I have an 8 inch dodsonian and it's a heavy brute. I know what its like struggling to get it set up only to have the nights gazing ruined by cloud cover. Lol. Well done on the spotlight!


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Post by Ladywildalice » March 16th, 2019, 3:41 pm

What a disappointment. So goes life. But with the great cosmos, luckily, there is always something new happening. Hopefully, a new event will make itself known to your eyes watching the skies. Nice job, much enjoyed.


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Post by Josie » April 3rd, 2019, 12:16 am

How true!
The use of few words and humor that I understand makes it well deserving of the spotlight.


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