Mastodawn

The young crescent moon occulted Mercury today...as seen from the mountains of southern New Mexico.

First photo is a telephoto shot of the moon only a minute after it uncovered our innermost planet. This was taken in bright twilight as a wind and dust storm was easing up.

Second photo is a wider angle shot ten minutes later that includes Venus in the bottom third of the frame. The evening twilight sky colors are pallid because of the dust storm clouds billowing a mile below me on the floor of the Tularosa basin.

#Mercury #Moon #Crescent #Occult #Occultation #Astronomy #Twilight #Evening #Photography #Astrophotography

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Bradley C. Williams Feb 17

@p01

Becoming human.

Be compassionate in gentleness, humble man.
Be comfort in grace, hushed man.
Be comic in geste, humorous maker of noise.
Be combative in gallantry, humanitarian man.

Become human.

Bradley C. Williams Feb 17

Z er 0 ne t w O h ree, f 0 u r Feb 17

Sufi Master

Hafiz

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Once a man came to me and spoke for hours about his great visions of God he felt he was having he asked me for confirmation saying are these wondrous dreams true?

I replied: How many goats do you have?

He looked surprised and said: I'm speaking of sublime visions and you ask about goats?

And I spoke again saying yes brother how many do you have?
Well, Hafiz, I have 62.

And how many wives?
Again he looked surprised
Then said: four

How many rose bushes in your garden?
How many children?
Are your parents still alive?
Do you feed the birds in winter?
And to all he answered

Then I said: You asked me if I thought your Visions were true

I would say that they were if they make you become more human, more kind to every creature and plant that you know.

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S he r s elf

W it h m as te r (w/) in g Z er 0 ne

#poem #poetry #individuality #authenticity #sovereignty #tolerance #reconciliation #letterlab #source #zero #writing #letterportals #wordpuzzles #programming #perception #encryption #code #one #unity #binity #trinity #quadrinity #singularity #duality #polarity #ternity #quaternity #p01 #fediverse #exquisitesocial

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Bradley C. Williams Feb 17

@p01
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I am also massively appreciative of the fact that you are not possessive about the meaning. You are happy and open to let other people draw their own conclusions. And happy to discuss it which is refreshing.

I have read various sexual/kink connotations in your work and I am happy that it does actually exist in there and I am not just seeing it where it doesn't exist.

It's a massive part of the human condition so why should it be left out of poetry?

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Bradley C. Williams Feb 17

@p01
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Wow!

Thank you for your very informative and meaningful response.

I confess I did have to read through it a few times!

I am very annoyed at myself for not seeing 'ember and ashes'. That was the part of it I was missing!

I do appreciate the gaps between words and characters are a poetry all of their own and the mind, whoever's mind, can fill in those gaps with whatever their personal context is.

I also appreciate the shape is a kind of connected visual art.

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Bradley C. Williams Feb 17

@p01
I'd like to understand, but some of your poetry is hard to decode.
And I have to ask about it.
Because why would you publically post if it was private, and why would you not want comprehension from others?

"Remembering as he signalled without gin?" doesn't sound right and is probably a lot sillier than the tone intended.

"Remembering as she's glowing"?

This one is a bit of a stretch..
"Remembering as she sang low with the ocean"?

I assure you that this is curiosity not ridicule.

Bradley C. Williams Feb 16

Prioritising biscuit safety over my own.

#photo #silly #bakedbreadnottoast #humor #humour #writing