Solar Eclipse, July 11, 1991

The blazing coin, to be viewed askance,

Was bitten on my birthday--

Through mylar lens I glanced

The blazing coin, to be viewed askance,

And sketched its orbicular parlance

Of redaction and array--

The blazing coin, to be viewed askance,

Was bitten on my birthday--

Laura Stickney 2025

notes:

photograph--drawings of July 11,1991, 

solar eclipse from my journal, dated same day.

askance--with a side or oblique look

orbicular--circular or spherical; rounded out

parlance--language style, conversation

redaction--blocking out of sections