ASTROPOETRY ANTHOLOGY OF SARM’S CAMP “ASTRONOMY AND FOLK TRADITIONS” (1)
By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
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July 5-11, 2024, a new astronomy camp of SARM, with an amazing experiment. Participants: adults willing to expand their own culture with theoretical and practical astronomy. Lecturers: organizer Valentin Grigore (astronomy and astrophotography), co-organizer Gabriela Apostol (old folk traditions) and Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (astromythology and astropoetry). Challenge: an anthology of astropoetry, to which participants (aged between 35 and 54) plus a schoolgirl contributed enthusiastically. Excellence awards: Delia Visan and Iulia Voicu. Here is the anthology, in three parts, translated by me from Romanian to English,
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ASTRONOMY CAMP
By Valentin Grigore
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Astronomy starts from
the blade of grass
and brings the sky
among people.
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SPIRIT OF HAIKU IN A CULTURAL-ASTRONOMICAL CAMP
By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
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People searching
in their souls and sky for
their kinship with the stars
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POLARIS
By Ana Maria Badalan
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We are the children of heaven
Cradled in the lap of the Earth.
With small steps we cross the valley,
With the Candle of Heaven we hold the Way.
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IN FREE FALL
By Delia Visan
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“The sunset is a state”, I was told,
and when I looked up,
I realized that no,
the Sun is not doomed to set.
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What actually happens, I tell you,
is that God lets go of his hand
from the heavenly vault
and the Sun, in a divine flow,
says goodbye.
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TAPESTRY
By Oana Simionescu
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The starry sky...
An old tapestry that is
Painstakingly worked
For the whole world!
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THE DOG MARCO
By Iulia Voicu
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The dog Marco sent me some verses
(he's busy and doesn't have his phone with him):
“I'm furry, solid, careful,
vagrant, independent,
and I listen to the Moon,
she has known me for a long time
and whispered to me from an eternity
that you looked with joy
at the whole sky full of stars
where my dreams are.”
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ECLIPTIC
By Silvana Cernat
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In the complete ecliptic,
the Sun constantly pours
his eternal heat
on Earth.
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Thus, the old atmosphere
is also heated… and rejuvenated!
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CELESTIAL JUMPER
By Suzana Stănescu
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I hold the night in my arms,
I have my eyes fixed on the stars,
I detest the surrounding light...
It's me, the celestial JUMPER!
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I'm clinging to the Big Dipper,
Then I'm jumping hard towards Polaris,
I'm in another realm... still fervent.
My God, what an incident!
#poetry