At last count Saturn had 293 moons
One is larger than Mercury, 128 solar system M & M's
But, if somehow we could mount his wings and fly there
We couldn't stand upon the surface and gaze at any
We would sink in the miasma of our own demise
Ingesting vapor rising up from far below
Choking off any aesthetics we might hold
For any goddess that we have imagined
Our ticket to this underworld held over
A head that's thinking we should capture Titan
Artemis, Diana, or Selene might pale before them
But wouldn't pale by what's reflected there
Artemis retaining her ire and her vengeance
Selene and Diana at the crossroads stand as well
Their color eclipsed the while they faded
And we, whose love it is to gaze up at their orbit
Would lose the inspiration of the ages
Aged without the grace of beauty's presence
That our small world o'er time has thus afforded
Size matters... but no more than our perspective
Twinkle, twinkle: the screen-blue faces,
constellating darkened spaces -
dazzled gentlemen and ladies,
shining like the group Pleiades.
But liquid crystal blinds these ‘stars’
from seeing the real ones high and far.
Light pollution - heavy distraction -
allows to be seen just a small sad fraction
of all the night puts on display;
And the San of Africa, so they say,
see more than seven of the sisters blue,
twice more, and if this turns out true,
it’s because their eyes have never been
myopically washed out by a screen.
everyone is going to their place of dream
their pen and papers screams pride and dignity
and in the fate's script it only talks about my failure
my efforts led me to nowhere but my defeat
i'm envious of everyone who got to follow their dreams
i learnt about the stars, galaxies and cosmos
so one day i could steal a portion of their shine
to add in my name
learnt a language to study in a foreign land
but my dreams collapsed, i cried, i state
Night View
I sit by the fire with a lone lamp,
dimmed, so my eyes can watch the
astronomical wonder above me.
A small mesquite fire to warm my bones
in the chill night air.
A new moon to not block my vision
of such magnificence.
Jewels decorate the sky,
pinpoints of light billions of miles away.
Perhaps I can see mighty Leo or Ursa Major with her cub,
or Canis Major at Orion’s heel.
Perhaps a meteor will suddenly streak
overhead in a blaze of glory.
Maybe gentle Aquarius will empty his jar
and wet the dry desert with his water.
Supermassive black holes are out there somewhere,
spewing ionized plasma jets into the depths of space,
bending time and space to suit their purposes.
The great fabric of space and time lie above me
calling me to come.
Someday I will.
But for now, I enjoy.
starlink satellites
amid the heavenly bloom —
cosmic photobomb
As I walked around this rusted mobile home park on a cold December night, with unpaved roads and the usual strays nowhere in sight.
I stopped to look up at the beautiful moonlight.
It was a large full moon with a lonely star nearby.
Seemed strange that no other stars were out in this clear night sky.
That single one did however shine ever so bright.
Your eyes shine like the Sun
My chance with you, small like Mercury
My heart, near you, burns like Venus
The tears of my weeping come from Earth
When I see you, I turn red like Mars
My desire to have you, the size of Jupiter
On your fingers, I would fit the rings of Saturn
But without having you, my heart is cold like Uranus
And I keep living, lost in your blue eyes, like Neptune
You are as beautiful as a nebula
When I look at you, I’m taken to another galaxy
While I get hypnotized by the light of the stars
I imagine us dancing, orbiting moons
A sadness consumes me, like a black hole
I feel empty, alone in space
For without having you, I am a lifeless planet
But my love for you prevails, beautiful like the universe
When I look at the dark sky
I see the moon
Inside the moon I see the King
With the Crown
Sitting on the throne
Holding the book with a seal
Leaning on his knees
And what do you see ?
A world imagined
A phantom circling the sun
Veiled by her white glare
Pulling on Mercury's heels
Pulling on mankind's veiled minds
About the hypothetical planet Vulcan, which was theorised to exist as the nearest planet to the Sun in the 19th century.
We have lost touch with our ancestors
In a cosmic dance, where space and planets entwine,
Earth's secrets hide in a black hole's design.
A swirling abyss, where light meets its end,
A paradoxical realm, where periodic tables transcend.
Within its grasp, our blue planet resides,
A speck inside darkness, where time softly glides.
A universe within, mysteries unfold,
A celestial cradle, science unfolds.
Yet, life persists, resilient and bold,
Within this abyss, our home, we are told.
Through eons of darkness, we find our way,
Earth's spirit shines bright,
inside the black hole's escaping embrace.
He is lifted above the deserted wilderness as a snake
His tail is the starlight river that flows into delight
Christ bursts forth the brightest river so every pearl can return home
(Inspired by the teaching by the ancient Gnostic sect the "Peratics" that Christ opened a door to paradise through the draco constellation)
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June’s dreams
you’re the guide
"meet & greet"
the ecliptic zoo
a must-see!
a new five worldless day
goes on parade
these planets never stand still
click on Mars to tune up
see Mars square Pluto
as it crawls through Capricorn
truth freedom and that
need to capture the planet
of love we had
pay attention to retrograding
Mercury will be found
become mythology
find your inner mama bear
June is our goal for
the best telescope
Saturn will
articulate our focus
to take a New Moon
in 3 weeks Mercury goes direct
will it continue
its tour with me?
Let's message the universe
friend Uranus on Facebook
tweet from Saturn’s rings
listen to Jupiter laughing at the solar system
This is it: Friday!
let it rain diamonds
let the planetary parade begin
let the Sun cook the celestial crab
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A spider web is wondrous made
with interwoven threads o’erlaid
of sticky strands to snare the prey
in intricately shaped display
like filamented promenade.
High up, in galaxy brigade
agrouped through gravity obeyed
in Hydra’s grip the stars portray
a spider web.
‘Midst Nature’s splendorous parade
on cloths of heavenly brocade
as earthly spider spins its way
so cosmic galaxies convey
enlaced within galactic glade
a spider web.
~ Harley White
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The poem is a rondeau…
Info ~ Flies in a spider’s web: galaxy caught in the making (ESA)…
Info and image ~ Spiderweb galaxy (MRC 1138-262) Hubble (Wikimedia)…
Explanation: The Spiderweb Galaxy (PGC 2826829, MRC 1138-262) is an irregular galaxy which is 10.6 billion light years away. It is located in the southern constellation of Hydra (the water snake) and is one of the most massive galaxies known. Hubble images provided a dramatic glimpse of a large massive galaxy under assembly as dozens of smaller galaxies merge through mutual gravitational attraction. This provides the best demonstration so far that large massive galaxies form by merging smaller ones.
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