Tag Archives: Milky Way

From star to star

November 10, 2022astronomy, poem, Poetry#ffpoemapop, astronomy, Milky Way, poem, poetryThe Cheesesellers Wife

Nights pinpoints sparkle
home galaxy glows over
arcs and waves hello

It is time for the monthly poetry challenge at Fake Flamenco. Rebecca has asked us to write a Haiku about something that fascinates us in nature; an experience, creature or setting.

I’ve chosen to write about the night sky, specifically the glory of the Milky Way. I live in a town, so don’t often see our home galaxy, but when I do it’s like meeting an old friend. My university degree is in Astronomy, and the sky is certainly something that fascinates me!

Stars like Water

March 29, 2018astronomy, beauty, poem, Poetryastronomy, beauty, Milky Way, night, poem, poetry, sky, starsThe Cheesesellers Wife

Stars poured over sky
like water over stones
arcing through banks of vast dark.
An owl calls softly
so as to not break
the spell of night.

Desert sky

May 27, 2017astronomy, beauty, cosmology, Life, nature, poem, Poetry, Science, science poetryastronomy, Blogging, cosmology, Desert, Life, Milky Way, night, poem, poetry, science, science poetry, sky, space, Wadi RumThe Cheesesellers Wife

Driving in a roast red desert
Headlights staring into primeval dark
The untrammeled sky glorious

Above us a bridge of stars
Rivering between rocky horizons
At once near and so very far

Cricking my neck to see
I bounced around the back of the open jeep
Absorbing, amid the shudders, splendor

Star birth and death, worlds hidden by distance
Great glowing nebulae
Fat in the centre, a devouring black hole