- Published: Thursday, August 08 2013 12:35
First Place:
A STARRY HAIKU
BY SUE COUCH, LONDON, U.K.
In the dark heaven,
Stars endlessly appearing.
How to pick a few?
I carefully choose
A constellation of words,
Offer them to you.
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Second Place:
SOL ECLIPSED BY BEAUTY!
BY THOR DOCKWEILER, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.
In rare paired bicenturial form
has Venus bifaced Sol!
Breath of fire quenched by a
beauteous black sphericular dot!
Flamed sphere in skied spot
of Taurus most opposite Hercules!
Taural post of Einstein's
stellared bends of fame!
And Galileo's realm of
quadral moons of Jupiter!
In kind with most jeweled memories
within the realm of the ancients!
Beauteous sunned queen honored
in the Egyptian Eye of the Duat!
A fantastic speck in the Eye
of Grand Old Sol!
Notation: In memory of having the privilege of having seen a transit of Venus across the Sun on 2012 June 05, Tuesday. Copyright 2013 - All Rights Reserved.
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Third Place:
OH, THE THINGS WE COULD HAVE SEEN
BY SAMUEL HENNIG, ORO VALLEY, ARIZONA, U.S.A.
Many many years ago
I realized; it was a tale of woe
I looked up and saw such a sight.
There was indeed no starry night.
The moon and his friends could only be seen
by a man using an optical machine.
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Honorable Mention:
THE GENERATION WITHOUT A SKY
BY AMEE HENNIG, ORO VALLEY, ARIZONA, U.S.A.
My mouth is my God.
When I walk the ground
shivers. Inhales.
An earthquake follows
my shrug. What else
can it be? I am
the reason.
Until the reason is
forgotten composted
by time’s indifference.
My will, I will
be the informed
of passionate debate.
Without fact I command.
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Honorable Mention:
WHEN DO YOU NEED A TWELVE YEAR OLD TO SEE THE STARS?
BY ANITA S. PULIER, NEW YORK, N.Y., U.S.A.
When he meticulously packs his new telescope keeping
one eye on the sky, effortlessly reversing roles,
lecturing on the bitter cold of a distant mountain,
the slow moving hours until perfect dark.
When it becomes clear that he is counting
on the world above to reveal himself,
explaining why we must drive for hours and
leave our lives far behind to capture starlight.
When the word Astronomy floats from his rosy lips
soothing my strained relationship with the planet.
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