She shines her sideways smile
From too low in the sky
Polaris too high
Image taken from my hotel room with my phone. She looms much larger in my mind’s eye.
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Bartholomew Barker, Poet 
Simply wonderful
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All credit goes to the Moon. Sometimes she’s just too beautiful for poetry but I have to try.
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I know…
I would like to add that I have found that even the photo is pure poetry
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Thank you but this photo is a poor substitute for our human eyes.
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I agree, but it serves to fix a memory and show it to those who are dear to us🙏
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“sideways smile” I like that!
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So glad. Thank you, CB.
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🙂
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shy and sly beauty this verse be
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Thank you very much.
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The moon is always a source of inspiration.
A lovely poem, Bart. Truly lovely, indeed.
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Thank you, Tre. She’s been my muse since the beginning.
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You’re most welcome.
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Lovely haiku that compliments the smiling moon.
I find it amazing how good a pic one can take with a phone. But then, I’m a dinosaur, grew up long before cellphones (and PCs) were to be had.
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Thanks. I’m rather ashamed of the pic though it was the best I could do. I know that if I had a proper camera and tripod it would’ve come out much better.
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I thought it a good picture, Bartholomew. I have an iPhone, and it’s the only camera I own, so it has to do. Recently, my son was on a business trip to Europe, and while there, sent me some great pics he took in the Alps and in Venice, using just his cellphone.
I recall the first phone with a camera I owned—a flip phone—and the pictures I took then pale in comparison to what today’s phones are capable of.
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Yeah, it’s amazing especially when compared to what we had to do in our youth to take pictures, taking film to a pharmacy, waiting days for them to be developed and printed.
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In a way, I miss those simpler times…
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Excellent haiku! 👍👍
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Glad you liked it!
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My pleasure.do visit my blog also.👌☺️😁
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I did. You’re off to a good start there.
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🙏
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Connections….
http://www.spanglefish.com/berniesblog/blog.asp?blogid=16033
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We all live under the same sky, more-or-less.
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Do you know – I meant to say that – and forgot!
It’s good to be in the same time zone for a change though.
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Indeed it is.
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Since stumbling upon your website I find myself keep coming back to read your beautiful posts
Thank you
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Thank you very much for your kind words. Glad you enjoy my poetry.
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I appreciate you replying to my comment, and I will be reading more of your poetry
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Thanks for reposting my little haiku.
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