Hi Martin,
Thanks for liking the cute moon poem, lol. It's just one of my Wiki-poems, really, but I enjoyed the research. No, I did not know that the Moon is actually very dark; and I hadn't heard the word 'albedo' before, so I am doubly educated; thank you 8-)
The neon in the Moon's exosphere is indeed cool. That's a beautiful picture of Earthrise!
Thank you for admiring Daudi Dodo. 'Ooh, thank you kindly, my dear!' Daudi responds. Yes, I think I knew why an adult flamingo is pink, having encountered many of these birds during my head-trips to Safari Africa, not least to Lake Natron :>)
That's an excellent poem, Martin; is it a villanelle? The images are strong and there's a lot of movement in it. I like the alliteration and the rhythm and particularly the 'rocket salad'. The N comes across as somewhat broken, which makes me sad. 'Me too' :>/
Well, by contrast I have just composed a silly simple poem based on my Man in the Moon research. F-to-Moon-Man :-)
Moon-Man
Hello, all. I am Moon-Man. I live on the Moon.
How you puzzle upon my visage.
I am criminal, prisoned; a stick-stealing goon;
and all manner of odd argy-barge.
I have pilfered your hedges. No, pilfered your sheep.
Maybe both? Make your minds up, dears, do.
I am Cain and I wander about while you sleep.
No truth there; just a fiction by you.
Ah, John Lyly, a humbler approach. That is good.
Yes, nobody knows Moon-Man, indeed.
But that said, with a fresh approach, maybe you could.
It is not an impossible deed.
What's required? Why, some whimsy, that's all. It won't hurt.
Take me into your heart, not your mind.
I am Moon-Man, as sweet as your favourite dessert.
I am shiny and happy and kind.
🌚 <-- smiley moon
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