Mark Stucky Poet Rhyme

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Star of Wondering

Star of Wondering

By Mark D. Stucky
Luminous mystery in the night,
      are you supernatural light?
Or a supernova
      shining bright?
Or a planetary conjunction
      in iconic constellations?
Or a comet with radiant tail,
      leading Western a procession?
Or only an ancient tall tale
      spun from myth and legend?
Two millennia passed since your visit,
      yet still we’re wondering
            about your physics.
Astronomical anomaly?
      Mere mist of myth?
            Or dawn of divinity?
First Christmas star,
      we’re still wondering what you are.


(First published in Small Town Anthology IV: Entries from the Fourth Annual Tournament of Writers, Schoolcraft Community Library, 2018, pp. 108-109. See also my related poems "Consider the (Dreaming) Birds," “Journey of a Contemporary Joseph,” and “Quantum Theology.”)

(Image collage by the author.)

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Silent One December 3, 2023 at 4:09 AM I can see why this was published, a wonderful use of words to create such vivid imagery and a great poem.