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‘Tis the season
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‘Tis the season annual when
lavish wishes are put to pen
that offer lots of festive cheer
and greetings for the coming year
plus peace on earth for all, amen.
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Within our Milky Way’s great glen
where humans found an earthly den
that seems well-nigh without a peer,
‘tis the season.
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Beneath a wreath for now and then
adorning portals once again
aloft in the celestial sphere
bequeathed as cosmic souvenir
for mortals’ celebration yen
‘tis the season.
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~ Harley White
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The poem is in the form of a rondeau…
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Image: NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission presents the “Wreath nebula.” Though this isn’t the nebula’s official name (it’s actually called Barnard 3, or IRAS Ring G159.6-18.5), one might picture a wreath in these bright green and red dust clouds -- a ring of evergreens donned with a festive red bow, a jaunty sprig of holly, and silver bells throughout. Interstellar clouds like these are stellar nurseries, places where baby stars are being born.
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Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
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