I began to understand
I began to understand that the relativity of the need for stars outruns at any time the certitude of the speed of light. by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe, Romania Comments You need JavaScript to be able to post comments You need to be logged in to leave a comment Click Here to Login
Impact Insight
The night the comets begin to hit Jupiter I realize how many beings graciously join to anchor me in this form. The lift of my hand in a conversation reveals the gestures of countless others hidden within, life gesturing, gossiping about itself, to itself over cups of tea in a circle of light that is all center and no periphery. This moment, then: arms on the table, the hum of the fan, too late to be up but how to stop unwrapping the gift when it keeps hurtling into itself from itself like this? - Laura Suzanne Gordon L. Suzanne...
Neighbouring Eclipses
Over a park the eclipse like a bird of fire... -Andrei Dorian Gheorghe- The end of the 2nd millennium was marked by a partial solar eclipse (2000 December 25th) visible from North America, while the beginning of the 3rd millennium was marked by a total lunar eclipse (2001 January 9th) visible from Europe. The Romanian Society for Meteors and Astronomy (SARM) realized a short web project in the honour of those phenomena: Two Neighbouring Eclipses Salute Two Millennia Ten years later, it was a reverse order: a total lunar eclipse visible from America (2010 December 21st) and a partial solar...
Let Me Shine
When Galileo was alive, he could see every Constellation in the sky Through the centuries Men, Women, and Children sang night time songs Never knowing it would soon be gone Then some damn fool invents the Street Light We all said goodbye to the skies at night Now it's up to us to find the ways To get back the good old days We spend all night awake, looking for a solution For this nightmare of ours is called Light Pollution By Michael Uberty (USA) Comments You need JavaScript to be able to post comments You need to be logged...
All Shining Like Love
Mysteriously At dusk, the unlit road curves Into deeper night. Over the dark road There are stars to point the way, All shining like love. As I was out walking one evening in deep twilight, the unlighted road led me westward at first but gradually curved toward the north—a direction that has always filled me with excitement, sometimes tinged with fear. The growing darkness tended to build fear; but as darkness deepened even more, the Big Dipper’s guidestars came out, like friends, to show the way. Bob Eklund, California (USA) Comments You need JavaScript to be able to...
