The page celebrating the 4th Quarter of the year has a whole host of photographs, cartoons and poetry including
MOON-JUPITER CONJUNCTION OVER TARGOVISTE
(2009.11.23)
astro-photo-poem by Valentin Grigore
The Moon and Jupiter gave again
a show in the evening sky,
a small present for those who
live in towns.
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ICARUS ON LUNA
by Steve Sneyd
In crater deeps where
sun never reaches comet
head crashes dreams reflight
***
ACCELERATOR
by John Francis Haines
Particles hurtling towards one another
At the speed of light -
Just hope your planet isn't one of them.
***
COURTSHIP RITUAL
by Steve Sneyd
"Prove it" she said "bring
me from black hole's heart Hawking
radiation to
shine on my finger, show your
love", stroked Schrodinger's cat.
***
LAST ECLIPSE OF 2009
by Gerald England
five hours before
the end of the decade
above my window
the cold earth is eating
a piece of blue moon
PARTIAL LUNAR ECLIPSE OVER THE NORTH OF ROMANIA
photo by Constantin Psenitchi
In the Epilogue Andrei Dorian Gheorghe writes
If you daily watch the skies
and admire both
the people and the heavenly bodies,
if you respect and use sciences, techniques, arts and poetry
as means for enriching
knowledge, generosity, feelings and creativity,
and if for you
the celebration of astronomy
does never end,
then you are a
REAL SKY LOVER,
my dear friend!
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A very fitting A - your entrant especially, since I saw that special moon myself.
ReplyDeleteIt's impossible not to wonder, and to dream, when we look up to the sies at night. One of my favorite hobbies. Don't matter where you look at, it's breath-taking. Steve Sneyd's poems fit like glove, beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI wish I had seen the eclipse, but it didn't sho in my hemisphere *sigh*.
Wonderful post!
Kisses from Nydia.
I enjoyed the crafting of words to create pictures of an interesting event.
ReplyDeleteVery special A indeed! Love the poems. Have read a lot about the eclipse but wasn't able to see it here! Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteSylvia
Beautiful brief poems, capturing the very essence of the photographs.
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting me get acquainted with astropoetry!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful post!
LAST ECLIPSE OF 2009 by Gerald England
ReplyDeletewas the best of a fine lot! Awesome!
First time I hear Astropoetry word...and thanks for the great information. Happy weekdays!
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Astropoetry - wow! I do not expecxt that anyone else picked THAT topic this go round! Fun stuff.
ReplyDeleteNote: I'm part of ABC Wednesday Team this round.
Poetry and the night sky perfect companions.
ReplyDeleteI was just half a degree too far east to catch the last total eclipse. Friends a couple of hundred miles away caught it full on.
ReplyDeleteMan! That was totally my second choice for the letter A : ) Just kidding. Brilliant post! As always : )
ReplyDeleteThe poetry complemented the photos. Very creative!
ReplyDeleteWonderful post.
ReplyDeleteI'm now part of ABC Wednesday Team.
I don't usually think of poetry and science as being compatible--but then again, poets have been gazing at the moon and the stars for centuries. I especially enjoyed the last poem. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI love the words you have written. I also am fascinated seeing the sky from other areas.
ReplyDeleteHi Gerald. Thanks for visiting my bench in warm Ein Gedi. Yes, Rune and the bench friends have trained me to look for and photograph benches now.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that.
The very first picture would make a perfect Christmas Card Gerald! Awesome!
ReplyDeleteSome blogs I visit entertain me, while others educate me. Yours did both.
ReplyDeleteGreat post.
Troy
It is a great post and thanks for sharing, without it, we will never know these beautiful poetries.
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