Poem — terra de sienna

 

terra de sienna

 

Two tiny droplets
a morsel of medicine

Crayola-colored sienna.
A color from the box
with the sharpener
in the back — implying
grand accomplishment.
A budding artist, would, of course,
use them down to the nub –
. . . peel – sharpen – draw

Two minuscule pellets
of prescription medicine

Where else did you ever
hear the word sienna?
(We live exclusively in
shades of black and gray.)
Thirty-days, taken at bed time.
A few well-worn hours before
you pick another color, draw
inside the lines again a
new-born day of maybe –
. . . peel – sharpen – draw

The Moon Looks Red

 

The Earth’s atmosphere can scatter sunlight, and since moonlight is just  scattered sunlight, it can scatter that too. Red light can pass through the  atmosphere and not get scattered much, while light at the blue end of the  spectrum is more easily scattered. When you see a red moon, you’re seeing the  red light that wasn’t scattered, but the blue and green light have been  scattered away. That’s why the Moon looks red. ~~ Fraser Cain

Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/19969/red-moon/#ixzz2fXMCtkE6