Lit Before It’s Seen

or Eclipse Haiku

Any friends in Shanghai?

They can’t miss it -

Solar eclipse next new moon.

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Some eclipses are deeper

Than others. Orion’s Rigel

May shine.

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Mercury as bright as

Sirius? Wow. Let me

Review this rare view!

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More Chinese may night

In day than at one time

Has ever happened.

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More humans may night

The day than humanity

Has ever witnessed.

— Stan Renfro