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The Vacuum of Space
star dust -
quantum particles —
and, strings ...
from the fabric of the universe
ashes to ashes,
A bindi
black glasses,
fragmented obsidian
and, an asteroid belt
A Shero
— deified
hereafter she received
Saturn’s ring.
Friday 23rd August 2024 4:00 pm
Stars
Yesterday
I opened the windows of my room with the night
I let in the stars and slept in their time
I knew their waning
When I awoke
My pillow was flattened with the weight of their time
My mind was present in the immensity of their span
I knew their past now
Today
I curtained the new day in my room with the dawn
I breathed in time and dreamed of the...
Sunday 30th April 2023 4:04 pm
Astronomer's New Year
This old Earth has taken another spin around the Sun. (1)
The Solar System continues its endless circle in the Milky Way. (2)
Andromeda has come closer (3)
as the Milky Way hurtles toward the Great Attractor (4)
Welcome to another year, another turn around Old Sol,
as we wobble through familiar yet unknown deep space
and spend more time with the music of the spheres
that resounds silent...
Monday 30th March 2020 3:47 pm
Cosmology 101
Chaos seems the wrong first word:
no light
no sound
no time
and nothing moving e'er occurred
Chaos speaks to me of chance:
a move
a crash
a force
that happen in time's dance
So before chaos, ah, but stop -
no before
(no time)
so just
stasis as creation's dark backdrop
Some cosmic joggle, as if perhaps
god sneezed:
atoms move
and ...
Monday 18th March 2019 10:57 am
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