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Calling Sky

June 12, 2021astronomy, cosmology, Life, poem, Poetry, Science Fiction Poetry, science poetry, speculative poetrypoem, poetry, published poem, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Poetry, science poetry, speculative poetryThe Cheesesellers Wife

The unspeakable vastness
of the unconquerable dark
speaks to our hearts
where no harbour beckons
no port waits

A calling sky lids our lives
it shields, shelters
imprisons us
gravity the jailer to be overthrown
the well to climb out of
hand over hand

Climbing to where the only sounds are
a popping of particles
into matter phase

We will not see stars with our own eyes
nor hear the sounds of space
our travelling world
built of systems noise
ventilation hiss and engine thrum
will seep through our lives
even outside
suit noise and visors will hide
the photons trip

Yet unspeakable vastness
and unconquerable dark
will sink deep into our subconscious
refashioning our very selves
varying what is human

Will we wish to sink once more
into the trap of gravity
or shall we run with the particle streams
out into the dark?

‘Calling Sky’ was first published by Utopia Science Fiction in the April 2020 issue.

Poem published in Kaleidotrope

January 10, 2021poem, Poetry, Science Fiction Poetry, speculative poetryKaleidotrope, poetry, published poem, Science Fiction Poetry, science poetry, speculative poetryThe Cheesesellers Wife

I’m delighted to tell you that my poem ‘Shadow Dance / Island’ has been published by Kaleidotrope :

“Shadow Dance/Island” by Kim Whysall-Hammond

Mountains of the Moon

September 2, 2020astronomy, poem, Poetry, Science, Science Fiction Poetry, science poetry, SF, speculative poetryastronomy, poem, poetry, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Poetry, science poetry, SF poetry, speculative poetryThe Cheesesellers Wife

Their high mass tears at
pierces a pale sky
pulls at the high oranges
stealing it for their icy peaks.
As the mother planet rises,
methane snows glint
like golden crowns.

‘Mountains of the Moon’ was first published by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Associations print journal Star*Line, October 2019

Rocks

May 27, 2020Life, philosophy, poem, Poetry, Science, science poetrygeology, Life, poem, poetry, science, science poetryThe Cheesesellers Wife

Unimaginably ancient, preserving moments in time;
billion year old pebbles from unknown floods
bones fallen into an ancient abyss
ten thousand year old footprints along an English estuary.
Sitting on a rock, you touch time.

Rocks move. They melt and set, erode to dust
and then the dust settles
forms new rock over time almost unimaginable.
This undulating plain formed at great depths
was thrust up to mountainous heights
now lies placid for your walking comfort.

Go find a rock
and travel in time and space.

Orion

April 11, 2020astronomy, poem, Poetry, Science, science poetryastronomy, Orion, poem, poetry, science, science poem, science poetryThe Cheesesellers Wife

Lifting over the horizon comes Orion
stellar giant writ large in the sky
seven winter stars, guiding me on dark nights
heavenly shepard

Rigel, bluebright, ten millions year young
living fast and furious
there at the giants front knee
pushing forward

Great Betelguese smolders
into dying at Orions shoulder
or maybe she’s blown away already
a light six centuries away

Hanging from a three star belt
stars are birthed swaddled in glowing nebulosity
look closely and you see their pinprick natal shine
count them and argue about it

Ocean of Storms

March 18, 2020astronomy, beauty, poem, PoetryMoon, moon landing, Ocean of Storms, poem, poetry, science poem, science poetryThe Cheesesellers Wife

No storm ever played across your surface
No rain ever fell
Dust lays where water would otherwise
No fish here can dwell
Misnamed lunar ‘ocean’
That two men have bounced around
The child of massive impact
Lava flooded ground

Re-blogged from 2016

The beginning of all understanding

February 8, 2020astronomy, beauty, cosmology, poem, Poetry, Science, science poetryastronomy, cosmology, dark matter, higgs boson, poem, poetry, science, science poetryThe Cheesesellers Wife

Darkness born from darkness
the beginning of all understanding
Tao te Ching, John H. McDonald, trans.

On an night when all possibilities seem open
when hills and towns and roads
dance and roll in my headlights
I muse on the dance of Higgs Bosons
across seeming emptinesses
matter forming and reforming
in deep space and time
in the most primeval dark