Galactic Glimpses


Galactic curls in spirals swirl, entwining twisted mystery,
where time unrolls in blackened holes, no longer bright and blistery,
but writ like runes on starry dunes enclosed in cosmic history

Galactic dust, from novas' gusts, congesting empty spaces
once fatefully flung beyond the tongue of burnt out astral traces,
may recompress and coalesce in distant times and places 

Galactic dwarves, like ancient wharves with silent planets mooring  
yet still in spin though long done in, hide flares no longer soaring -
magnetic webs of eons ebb, in thermal fusion roaring

Galactic tides warp space divides, call forth sublime creation
while bending clocks in rippled shocks, unfolding time dilation
that seems to crown the flowing gown of pulsars' pulsed gyration

Galactic stew, a seething brew, midst background noise and chatter
like Chaos reigns, the sole remains of missing antimatter,
with just a trace to form a space-time, curved or somewhat flatter

Galactic glue holds something new: dark energy and matter 
that interacts and counteracts the ancient Big Bang splatter:
a cosmic soup of strings and loops, a universal batter

Galactic life's replete and rife 'neath lactic milky wafer,
though solar gales leave unseen trails of cosmic rays, the strafer;
but nonetheless, one must confess, it seems there's nowhere safer




Submitted 21 Aug. 2016
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Gauthier Avatar
January 28, 2021 at 5:34 PM
Well crafted poem ~ so glad to find it published in the 2020 PS Anthology ~
Collins Avatar
April 2, 2017 at 7:42 PM
You are the astronomer. So original in the writing. And the subject. YOU are now MY idol. Xo
Capitano Avatar
February 7, 2017 at 11:12 AM
Great cosmic rhyme worth the dime of admission. Scientific seeds fulfill the needs of this winning transmission. (that is to say I love it, congrats.)
Bateson Avatar
February 7, 2017 at 6:52 AM
Wonderful rhyme
Raina Avatar
February 4, 2017 at 8:51 AM
Congratulations Terry....I loved the internal rhyme...
Sietesantos Avatar
February 4, 2017 at 7:48 AM
WOW! a cosmic beauty! Perfectly crafted - a masterpiece deserving of it's top notch win and a 7! Best regards. Pandita
Hamilton Avatar
February 3, 2017 at 9:22 PM
Congrats Terry, I don't think I've read you before. This is spectacular rhyming 37/40 score, for me this is as close to perfect as I've seen. Well done, well deserved 1st place win!
Trifiatis Avatar
November 2, 2016 at 4:08 AM
Cosmic poetic explosion in meter, content and rhyme dear, Terry! A Cosmic 7!
DiMino Avatar
October 24, 2016 at 4:33 AM
This is wonderful! Great write!
Haight Avatar
September 18, 2016 at 4:23 PM
Amazing imagery, meter and rhyme in your poem, Terry. Congratulations on your fine win. Sandra
Leiser Avatar
September 18, 2016 at 4:02 PM
Visions of Van Gogh and Dali peak through in your excellent poem, Terry! Congrats on your win :)
Zink Avatar
September 18, 2016 at 2:03 PM
Thanks for participating in my contest! Congrats on 6th place... I only gave out 6 placements.. FYI...
Warlov Avatar
September 9, 2016 at 4:51 AM
Wa'el Ha'el... You got it o'l; even stingy loops, and loopy strings. -- A grand uni-fired presentation, but even better... what fun to warp through the cosmic conceptual cornucopia! -- A fine, fine jaunt, without nearly a flesh wound to complain of.
Beaufort Avatar
August 25, 2016 at 5:30 PM
Yes this is just all such a mystery. I often wonder what it all means, but have yet to come up with anything that makes any sense at all. Time is a very troubling concept.
Bauer Avatar
August 21, 2016 at 5:18 PM
terry - you are a genius! i love love love your use of internal rhyme, especially as you combine it with the most perfect rhythm which just demands to be read aloud. this poem is a masterpiece - i'm blown away!
Turner Avatar
August 21, 2016 at 9:14 AM
A brilliant and fun write, Terry. There was recently a contest entitled "Black Diamond" I believe Mrs Sandra brought up this subject. Interesting stuff, this science! I thoroughly enjoyed the read.
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