~ Harley White * * * * * * * * * The poem is a pantoum… A pantoum is a poem in a fixed form, consisting of a varying number of four-line stanzas with lines rhyming alternately; the second and fourth lines of each stanza are repeated to form the first and third lines of the succeeding stanza, with the first and third lines of the first stanza forming the second and fourth of the last stanza, but in reverse order, so that the opening and closing lines of the poem are identical
Indeed this analogous theme I have sketched, or stretched, as to many a mind could appear, admittedly seeming a little farfetched, nonetheless has characteristics to fear as shown in behavioral traits that are shared with the animal realm of which we’re a part but try to deny— oh if only we dared to take a good look at ourselves, for a start… ~ Harley White * * * * * * * * * Some sources of inspiration were the following… Peekaboo ~ Wikipedia… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peekaboo Tiny, Hidden Galaxy Provides A Peek Into The Past (ESA)… https://esahubble.org/images/opo22051a/ Explanation: Tiny galaxy HIPASS J1131–31 peeks out from behind the glare of star TYC 7215-199-1, a Milky Way star positioned between Hubble and the galaxy
~ Harley White * * * * * * * * * The poem is in the form of a rondeau… Some sources of inspiration were the following… ‘The Romance of the Milky Way’, by Lafcadio Hearn ~ The Atlantic… https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1905/08/the-romance-of-the-milky-way/637817/ Milky Way ~ Wikipedia… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky Way Image: Milky Way Night Sky Black Rock Desert Nevada… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Milky Way Night Sky Black Rock Desert Nevada.jpg Author: Steve Jurvetson ~ This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license
~ Harley White * * * * * * * * * Some sources of inspiration were the following… Classic film ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ features angelic galaxies… https://www.wral.com/Classic-film-Its-a-Wonderful-Life-features-angelic-galaxies/18849527/ Stephan’s Quintet (NIRCam and MIRI Composite Image… https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/034/01G7DA5ADA2WDSK1JJPQ0PTG4A ALMA and JWST Reveal Galactic Shock is Shaping Stephan’s Quintet in Mysterious Ways… https://public.nrao.edu/news/alma-jwst-turbulence-shaping-stephans-quintet/ Explanation: In Webb’s image of Stephan’s Quintet, we see 5 galaxies, 4 of which interact
~ Harley White * * * * * * * * * The poem is in the form of a rondeau… A source of inspiration was the following… Info and image ~ A collection of ancient stars… https://esahubble.org/images/potw1234a/ Explanation: The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced this beautiful image of the globular cluster Messier 56 (also known as M 56 or NGC 6779), which is located about 33 000 light years away from the Earth in the constellation of Lyra (The Lyre)
~ Harley White * * * * * * * * * Some sources of inspiration were the following… New Webb image captures clearest view of Neptune’s rings in decades (ESA)… https://www.esa.int/Science Exploration/Space Science/Webb/New Webb image captures clearest view of Neptune s rings in decades NASA’S Webb captured the clearest view of Neptune’s rings in decades… https://www.techexplorist.com/nasa-webb-captured-clearest-view-neptunes-rings-decades/53922/ Explanation: Webb’s latest image, with its ghostly, ethereal views of the planet and its dust bands, rings and moons, is the clearest look at Neptune’s rings in 30 plus years, and our first time seeing them in infrared light
~ Harley White * * * * * * * * * Some sources of inspiration were the following… APOD ~ Symbiotic R Aquarii… https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220205.html R Aquarii: Watching a Volatile Stellar Relationship… https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/raqr/ R Aquarii ~ Wikipedia… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R Aquarii R Aquarii: An Expanse of Light… https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/r-aquarii-an-expanse-of-light Explanation: The universe emits light or energy in many different forms
~ Harley White * * * * * * * * * The poem is a rondeau… Image ~ Cat Star Sky Moon ~ Public Domain Pictures Net… https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?
1 Comment - Harley, your poem is really beautiful!
~ Harley White * * * * * * * * * The poem is in the form of a villanelle… A source of inspiration was the following… The inner region of the Orion Nebula as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam instrument… https://pdrs4all.org/pdrs4all-first-images-release/ Explanation: This composite image shows the inner region of the Orion Nebula as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam instrument
~ Harley White * * * * * * * * * The poem is in the form of a rondeau… A source of inspiration was the following… Info and image ~ Hubble Views a Not-So-Lonely Galaxy… https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2019/hubble-views-a-not-so-lonely-galaxy Explanation: Galaxies may seem lonely, floating alone in the vast, inky blackness of the sparsely populated cosmos — but looks can be deceiving
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