Tipping Point

 

Time for Haibun in the dVerse Poets Pub ~ Frank is host and asks us to write about the Solar Equinox! On the day of an equinox, daytime and nighttime are of approximately equal duration all over the planet.

Ah, the equinox ~ celestial tipping point where day and night stand, for just a moment, perfectly balanced like two old friends straddling a see-saw. Lean a little too far, and oops! There you go ~ slipping toward that inevitable tumble into winter. Frankly, I don’t want to tip. No, I want to hang right here, in the golden twilight of summer, feet firmly planted in warm grass ~ not skating on thin ice!

People say there’s beauty in winter’s starkness. I’m squinting and I still can’t see it. I'd trade all the one-of-a-kind snowflakes for just one more day of summer sun.

So here I am, teetering at the edge of the equinox, trying not to fall over. If anyone sees me slipping, a hand would be appreciated ~ but only if it comes with sunscreen.

too old to follow

geese as they happily fly

south to where it's warm

Summer Solstice in Anchorage

 Frank plays host in dVerse Poets Pub today. It's Haibun Monday ~ Summer Solstice fast approaches .... our  poetic focus is on just that ~ June 21st, the longest day of the year!

Fabian

Lou Christie

1994. A great line-up of top rock 'n roll 50's performers ~ an outdoor concert sponsored by Northwest Airlines (no longer flying) and the travel management company I headed. Anchorage Alaska ~ what had to be the dustiest day on record. The show began at 10am and ended twelve hours later! Concert-goers could not have cared less that it was dusty ~ shoes discarded, singing and dancing for hours on end in the swirling clouds. I imagine shower stall floors full of real mud puddles that night. I know I had one!  

Highlights of my day? Photos and lots of conversing (maybe a flirty smile or two from me) with Fabian and Lou, the Shirelles, Tommy James and the Shondell's .. standing onstage with Don McLean, his arm encircling my waist as we swayed back and forth ~~ singing into a microphone 'bye bye Miss American Pie, drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry' and on and on and on for 8+ minutes until we finished ~ took our bows while the audience hooted and hollered. A true once in my lifetime "performance."    

alaska's solstice

longest day I've ever known

summer's on my mind