59º North August Presence

[Magpie]

Although noctilucent is so lovely it makes a great title the change makes its use in the poem superfluous. For me the original title did a good job of pinpointing a particular time and location.

I have to say I took the poem as a meteor shower, maybe because it was a meteor night here. I didn't get the clouds at all, I didn't google because noctilucent made sense in my impression, I think the nocti read night to me when clouds aren't as visible, I never got there.

Hi Marcella,

The 'noctilucent' title was just a temporary fix till I thought of another one, ironically because I decided that the original title was the reason quiet existence, the same title that you said worked for you. So I think I'll be reverting back to that because I quite liked it also and it was a reference to the fact that you need to be between 50 and 65 degrees north to be able to see the clouds. For some reason I thought that the fahrenheit population might see it as a temperature.

I'm fine with connecting it to the Perseids meteor shower which although is unintentional from me I can still see how it works. I thought that 'Will-o'-the-Wisps' would be more of a sticking point for people because I thought it was more part of European and especially Celtic folklore. But I've just now noticed that they appear in American culture as "spook-lights" or "ghost-lights". For me as well as them being interesting folklore it was first and foremost an excellent childrens programme when I was younger called Willo The Wisp.

Thanks for taking the comment and bringing back the original title, it is much appreciated.
And just in case you still haven't looked up 'noctilucent' (night shining) clouds, they are just as beautiful as the word suggests...