Sol Et Luna - TIME2024

a reply to: Encia22

I love this!!! “ Sol’s everlasting renaissance”

Just beautiful!

a reply to: JJproductions

Thanks, JJ, I was hoping you'd like it. The words just came to me in a rush last night. The real self-inflicted pain was formatting it.

Here's a tip for everyone: Don't trust the post preview, some hidden BBcode errors only show up when you submit the post.

a reply to: Encia22

That's brilliant! Especially round the edges...

Excellent work, Bravo! I really liked the format, very fitting.

a reply to: RAY1990

Cheers, Ray! Your recent moon poem inspired me to try this.

Being an acrostic poem, I'm limited to the phrase I chose, Solar Eclipse, that forces the first letter of each verse.

I tried to make the ends of each verse orange as well, but the aura effect just didn't look right. If I ever get the time, I should do this in Photoshop and see if I can make it look pretty.

a reply to: Encia22

Lovely!

I've been really enjoying that acronym game for it's restrictiveness, forces one to improve their vocabulary which is never a bad thing, I loved the choice of words in this as it definitely touches on the emotions many of the past must have felt, I was reading a report of how the eclipse seriously bothers animals which makes a lot of sense to me. Who turned the lights out! You know? Panic!

Brilliant choice of words

a reply to: RAY1990

Thanks again, Ray.

I often come up with words that stem from my other mother tongue, Italian, because I can't find an English word that fits. Then, when I search for the translation, more often than not, I find the equivalent. My main goal is to find words that evoke emotion, but that also dovetail into the story/poem, making for double entendres.

Yes, animals really face an existential problem during anomalous weather or celestial events. Even we humans get knocked for six with daylight saving changes, let alone earthquakes, fog, sandstorms, etc. I once read that mussels open up at night even if there isn't a high enough tide to submerge them; the theory is that they are reacting to the moon's gravity, rather than any other sensory input.

originally posted by: RAY1990
a reply to: Encia22

That's brilliant! Especially round the edges...

Excellent work, Bravo! I really liked the format, very fitting.

Hi Ray, as I hinted last week, I finally found time to turn my poem into a meme, and DTOM was so very kind in granting my wish to splice it into my OP.

That’s the effect I was trying to convey with ATS’s BBCode, notwithstanding its limitations; hopefully, now it hopefully makes sense to anyone who wanders into the thread, lol.

a reply to: Encia22

Excellent work all round!

I wouldn't know where to start doing something like that, I'm glad you shared it and DTOM did her magic so we can all see it

a reply to: RAY1990

Cheers, Ray!

Photoshop has been my battleground for over 20 years. I could use AI, but I still prefer to get my hands dirty and keep my mind exercised. A mind detached from reality works wonders, too.

Yes, DTOM is an angel, coming to my rescue.

I love it. J'adore!

De l'Art! Non, De l'Or!

What an honor to our Sun.

Thank you.

^_^

a reply to: BrotherKinsMan

Thank you for your kind remarks, BrotherKinsMan… I’m humbled and flattered.