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Cluster of Calm
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There’s a place in space of beautiful blue,
a galaxy cluster serene,
remote from the Earth, yet within our view
as seen on distant cosmic screen.
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Astronomers call it ‘relaxed and calm’,
the very first they ever knew,
so far away, seeming like soothing balm
of a lapis lazuli hue.
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Over eight billion light-years from our orb
where battles of willfulness rage
and trivial matters tend to absorb
lies this seemingly peaceful stage
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on which benevolent lives may perform
their parts in harmonious sphere
and voyagers need not weather a storm
for enlightened shores to appear,
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or so I imagine it might be there
in that heavenly-looking site
enjoyed by beings awake and aware,
where my daydreams have taken flight.
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What comes around goes around, so they say,
in more than an orbital way.
Who knows what scenarios are at play
or karmic effects may hold sway?
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The blueness in setting velvety dark
with a golden light at its core
enkindles the fire of reverie’s spark
beyond borders of evermore.
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Aye might I arise and go to that isle,
as Yeats in his poem expressed,
a celestial Innisfree to beguile,
when earthly travails are at rest?
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~ Harley White
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Inspiration for poem from article and image ~ SPT-CL J2215-3537: Unexpectedly Calm and Remote Galaxy Cluster Discovered…
https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/spt2215/
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In addition, inspiration derived from the poem “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” is a written by William Butler Yeats in 1888…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Isle_of_Innisfree
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Explanation: A galaxy cluster with an important characteristic – being “relaxed – has been discovered about 8.4 billion light years from Earth… This discovery was made possible by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory along with optical and infrared telescopes.
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