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Beyond Cosmic Veil

Written: August 14, 2026, for a contest sponsored by Brian Strand

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This is an OPEN VERSE created by Brian Strand that uses spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols, relies upon 'the one breath limitation ', and this intuitive cadence permits the 'reader' (reciter) to respond in an interpretative - interplay unique to the ' happening '. Created from a list of a recent magnetic word listing


                                                    BEYOND

a
   luminous
      liminal
         lucency
            in
               nascent
                  nebulae
                     unshaped
                        by 
                           mind
a
   spectral
      sanctum
         where
            silence
               sweeps
                  straight
                     sidereal
                        silt

a
   crystalline
      cipher
         spun 
            from
               star-thread
                  sings 
                     in
                        shadow-spliced
                           stillness—
                              spiral-split
                                 scattering
unlatched
   unmoored
      &
         untamed
            by
               astral
                 ascent

glimmers
   ghost 
      grid-lines
         of
            thread—
               trembling
                  tinctures
                     trace
                        strange
                           trajectories

a
   hinterland
      heliacal
         &
            hypostatic
               where
                  substance
                     slips
                        from
                           its
                              script

&
   memory
      molds
         molten
            monuments

a
   chasm
      cleft
         by
            coruscant
               currents—
                  raw
                     with
                        radiant
                            ripeness

echoes
   evolve
      end-to-end
          empyrean
            ebullism
              ectoplasm
                eaves
                  of
                     erased
                        enactments

fractal
   flames
      flicker
         through
            firmament’s
               filigree

intuition
   ignites
      in
         iridescent
            interstices
               &
                   wonder
                      wells—
                         walls
                            washed

a
   way
      seraphic
          clarity
             cascades—
                veils
                   torn
                      &
                       tossed
                          to
                             star-wrought
                                air

a
   pre-ontic
      precipice
         pulsing
            plasma
               with
                  pitch—
                     proto-being

breathing
   beyond
      baryonic
         bounds
            of
               luminous
                  longing
                   &
                        lucid
                           lacuna

vast
   vellum
      inscribed
        with
           veiled
              verities
               vanishing
                  vestures
                     of
                        visceral
                           void

where
   space-time
      loosens
         its
            ligatures

&
   causality
      collapses
         into
           quivering
              quantum
                 quiddity
there
   cosmos
      ends
         only
            to
               echo
                  its
                     own
                       original
                          place
                          not-place
                       but
                    pure
                 prologue
              &
           paraclete
        beyond
     what
   begins
when
   all
     else
        c e a s e s

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Howard Kerr August 19, 2026 at 12:30 AM Congratulations Sotto on your triumph on merit. Your post is the very essence of innovative stylish writing. Sumptuous apt words with clarity at its core. A radiant piece.❤️‍🩹🔥🔥⭐ Howard

Karen Jones August 18, 2026 at 3:35 PM Amazing alliteration Sotto! Congratulations on your win!😍

sara Etgen-Baker August 17, 2026 at 5:13 PM you've unveiled the mystery of the cosmos like no one else can. Your vocabulary alone sets you apart, but your ability to construct a poem with depth, imagery, and intensity is rare.

Valsa George August 15, 2026 at 4:59 AM Wow, you have translated the entire beauty of the cosmos and the nebulae. It can't be expressed by any ordinary poet, but you have dubbed the mystery and tantalizing beauty of dancing stellar lights in a breathtaking way. A magnificent celebration of cosmic bodies, their infinite brilliance and grandeur. A wonderful reflection on the eternal dance of light. Thanks for giving us a glimpse into a wonderful space behind the cosmic veil. Beautiful alignment and amazing word selection. A master work. Love it.👏❤️

Yann Rolland August 14, 2026 at 4:37 PM brilliant and musical, may be i didn't get all words, but will seek again, thanks for talent ad creativity wishes

Joseph May August 14, 2026 at 3:46 PM Great use of Alliteration and Assonance in this cosmic verse Sotto

Andrea Dietrich August 14, 2026 at 3:39 PM For me it seems a great way to play with sounds and imagery matching the meaning of the alliterative words to your themes. For a contest of Brian's , no doubt.

Sara Kendrick August 14, 2026 at 1:46 PM Creative use of the magnetic board's words. Some alliteration going in with this one because so many of the words are in alphabetical order. Thanks for sharing this one with us. Happy contest entry.. Way to go. 👍. Sara K.