"Polaris Sigma Octantis"
hypnotised
we look to the heavens
a sky full of hope
to chart a course
home
which one?
where to begin?
in such a dazzling
kaleidoscope
Alpha Ursae Minoris
the bright northern star
intercepts our vision
we are lost in the
grandest theurgy, magnetised,
illuminating steadfast beacon
poles apart
ensconced in darkness
a silent watcher
barely visible to the eye
Sigma Octantis
outshone
almost motionless
waits to be called
some other time
some other Morning
the See
is bedevilled
like a heart has its storms
like a mind has its imagination
the ship must list eventually
swim, sink or
walk on water
(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
“The moving Moon went up the sky,
And no where did abide:
Softly she was going up,
And a star or two beside”
Categories:
ursae, journey, muse, star,
Form: Narrative
Talitha cumi...
in ascending order
she rises
above horizons
bright star she hides
from no one
umbra dissolving upon
her nightly entrance
unwavering in brilliant
and cogent self shining
Were I - inclined or perhaps
merely intoxicatedly disposed
to take up dancing
at the edge of some
drifting far and away
heaven - were I
it would be there
beneath
if not beside her light
her vespertine beauty exposed
among
night's celestial pastures
the gift she can hide
from no one
(March 31 2016)
Talitha is one of the common names for Iota Ursae Majoris, a yellow and purple star system in the constellation Ursa Major consisting of two binary stars orbiting around each other.~~ ( Talitha -Biblical Aramaic for "Little girl"-- cumi-"rise" or "get up")
Categories:
ursae, child, sky, star,
Form: Free verse