28/09/15: 3.20am
The moon is blood-red tonight. Astronomers and soothsayers add to their bedpost notches, while the celestial agnostics sleep on, settled into tidal rhythms, scored by an undercurrent hum. I remember seeing one such moon in the eighties, more rounded and pock-marked -I, not the moon, when the shadow devoured at a more suitable hour, my father still here to share the spectacle, ruminating and rummaging through the ides of time. ©AJM This is a rough, first draft of a poem written in the wee small hours of this morning.
City Jackdaw 
Rough draft or not, it’s lovely. It’s especially poignant how you tie the current moon with a past moon shared with your father.
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Thank you Mary. I feel it needs a few more lines to finish it off. And yes, I was thinking of my Dad, and that night, as I was sat outside in the darkness, looking up.
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Lovely sentiments, beautifully observed. As a keen photographer, I felt a bit guilty about staying in bed and missing the eclipse. Perhaps not that keen! I love “scored by an undercurrent hum” – it is an image/concept I have struggled to put across in my poetry.
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Ha ha yes- keen depending on what time it is! Thank you, Derek. I shall check out your poetry.
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It’s nice to see your drafting process. Andy. As Marydpierce mentioned, it’s very poignant.
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Thank you, Linda.
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The moon has a very special tie with me, so thank you for this. I missed the blood-moon sadly but did have a beautiful two nights appreciating the moon’s beauty. It’s in my culture to celebrate every late September with my family (the mid-autumn festival) and I think you picked up on just that, partially anyways. I know better as a poet than to assume anything. Awesome stuff 🙂
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Thank you very much. Yes, I try to catch all of nature’s great wonders if I can: bird migrations, eclipses, meteor showers, etc. The world is full of wonders, it’s up to us to connect.
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Indeed. The best thing we can do is to be one of those on whom nothing is missed. This kind of appreciation is rare, I love seeing it in words 🙂
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Very nice “rough first draft.” I really like it. Doesn’t seem to need a lot of editing.
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Thank you. Yes, I feel it just needs a final line or two.
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