Ring of Fire

On October 14, 2023, eight U.S. states will be possible to see the 'Ring of Fire' annular solar eclipse.

 

Ring of Fire

 

Once in a while,

the sun gets into

a down mood,

loses his smile.

 

His face darkens,

Only the edge bright.

 

See, sometimes,

even the sun

needs a silver lining,

let alone clouds,

or anything below them.

 

He quickly gets

out of the sorrow,

never leaves it

to tomorrow.

 

That's what

we should do.

 

(© October 1, 2023, godog)

 

Disclaimer:

 

(1) Solar eclipse shall be watched with eclipse glasses, otherwise permanent eye damage can happen.

(2) If you often feel depressed, seek professional help and go see a psychologist or psychiatrist. Depression is a serious disease, but curable. If you’re in emotional distress or suicidal crisis, please call the suicide and crisis lifeline at 988 for help if in the U.S., or find a lifeline number to call in your country. 

 

【七絕】火之環(日環食)

 

一入天門似海深，

鮮拿黑臉駭悲心。

火之環目懸蒼宇，

實乃烏陽會太陰。

 

注解：

(1)天門，這裏假想太陽是通過天門而升到空中的。

(2)黑臉，日食時太陽的臉變黑了。

(3)駭悲心，驚嚇並使心傷悲。古時認為日食天象預示災難，故引起恐慌與傷悲。

(4)火之環，日環食發生時太陽明亮的外圈。

(5)環目，圓眼的意思。 唐 柳宗元 《〈龍馬圖讚〉序》：“其狀龍鱗，虺尾、拳髦、環目、肉鬣、馬之靈怪有是耶？”

(6)烏陽，指太陽。亦喻昌明盛世。《舊唐書·李密傳讚》：“烏陽既升，爝火不息。狂哉 李密 ，始亂終逆。” 宋 蘇軾 《李太師墓誌》：“無疆之休，以來本世……如 誼 、 仲舒 ，烏陽是逢。”

(7)太陰，月亮的別稱。殷謙《天廷秘傳》：“太陽者，乃中宮混元之精，爆發變星初，太陽爆發生火，分身虣出，火熄而生太陰，填衛其側，乃月亮矣。”

(8)烏陽會太陰，日食是因月亮正好運行到地球與太陽之間而形成，月亮與太陽身影重合。會在這裏理解為交會，相會，約會都可。

 

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所有跟帖： 

• 充滿童趣的一首英文小詩，卡哇伊~ ~ -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2023 postreply 17:05:18

• wow，比卡哇伊還可愛的盈盈壇官，磁場的引力，匯聚了眾星的智慧和創作靈感！ -古樹羽音- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2023 postreply 17:13:31

• 古樹更卡哇伊，您說笑了。美壇的星星們各有魅力，在各自的軌道上閃閃發光。包括你我他她。：）） -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2023 postreply 17:41:54

• 哈哈，本壇的各位老師和各位星星都能啟發人的靈感，並互相啟發 -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2023 postreply 20:02:01

• +100086！！！同意每一個字！！！：）） -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2023 postreply 20:20:20

• Love this! -waterfowl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2023 postreply 17:27:58

• Glad you like it. Thanks for reading -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2023 postreply 20:02:37

• Need to mark Oct.14 on the calendar! Thanks 4 sharing ~ ~ -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2023 postreply 17:53:50

• Is this gonna be a total solar eclipse? -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2023 postreply 17:56:54

• Partial. 8 states can see ring of fire -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2023 postreply 20:03:18

• Beautiful poem. I like it! -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2023 postreply 18:57:35

• Thanks for your encouraging words, as always. -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2023 postreply 20:04:12

• Good poem, in which state can see it? -衛寧- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2023 postreply 19:29:00

• OR, CA, NV, CO, AZ, NM, UT, TX -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2023 postreply 20:05:15

• Nice poem. Thank you for sharing. -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/02/2023 postreply 07:56:04

• Thanks for your encouraging words. -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/02/2023 postreply 09:29:05

• Updated with a disclaimer and a Chinese version. Yesterday -godog- ♂ (212 bytes) () 10/02/2023 postreply 09:34:21