Light Pillar
Volcanic magma
emitting fiery glow
shaped and filtered
by Mount Etna’s caldera
reflecting off ice crystals
high above the night air
This serendipitous rendezvous
between a hemorrhaging earth
and vaporous atmosphere
illuminated without sun
creating a pillar of light
against a sky so fair
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Image: Light Pillar over Volcanic Etna, Image Credit & Copyright: Giancarlo Tinè, from NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day for November 15, 2021.
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Linked to dVerse Poets Pub — Quadrille #140: Let’s Go To The Fair!, where Linda Lee Lyberg is hosting and asked us to pen a quadrille using the word fair.
Quadrille: A poetic form introduced at dVerse Poets Pub circa 2011. The rules for Quadrille: not including the title, a poem of exactly 44 words using the prompt word or its variant.
wow, that’s an amazing phenomenon, Ron… what inspired this?
<3
David
Thanks David. It was the Astronomy Picture of the Day, and when I saw it, I said to myself “there’s a poem in there”.
at least one poem 🙂
“Hemorrhaging earth”…wonderful….very good read.
Yes, I thought that sounded better than vomiting lava.
A stunning image! Beautiful poem.
Thanks Beverly.
Wow- this is so beautiful!
Thanks Linda, and thanks for hosting and teaching me about the word ‘fair’.
A pleasure! Thanks for joining us.
Lovely poem and great photo.
Thanks
Wow. A glow “reflecting off ice crystals/high above the night air” – Both mystical and magnificent!
pax,
dora
Thanks Dora
That is one beautiful sight to behold Ron. Love the hemorrhaging earth… nice touch. Well done.
Thanks Dwight. I’d love to see it with my own eyes.
That would really be something!
Ron, that was captivating!
Thanks Rob
It’s a quite spectacular event, for sure. Excellent poem.
Thanks Misky
It sounds so amazing… (if you are at a proper distance)
Agreed — molten lava requires a proper distance.
Some beautiful lines, I can see how the picture inspired you! It is a beautiful light pillar, almost looks like a candle too! 😍
Yes, the photo is truly something special.
What a cool metaphor of a “hemorrhaging earth.”