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Relatively Quantum Poetry
Saturday, December 01, 2007
fade
Credit: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), MMTO
goodbye
old friend
is this really the end?
why don't
you stay
and never go away,
for never
is certain
to come again.
Comet 17P/Holmes >>>
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
blackdrop
Credit: MPL 3D
Forever wonder
Of worlds not seen
And forever tumble
In a world
Of dreams.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
peek
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Silence stalks
A forgotten sound
Softly searching for
A place of ground.
Silent statements
Of a secret found
Softly touches
Your upside down.
Less than a degree >>>
Sunday, November 18, 2007
monochrome
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
sub hemispheres
close to here
release the flows
of silent woes
and ancient secrets
and ancient answers
no one knows.
Craters >>>
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Palomar
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
A virtuoso
performance
with an
unnaturally sharp
charm
is an attempted
denial
of nature's
instinctual intent
to harm.
Collision >>>
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
midpoint
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/J.Hester (ASU); Optical: NASA/ESA/J.Hester & A.Loll (ASU); Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R.Gehrz (Univ. Minn.)
a hallows brush
detects a touch
of gravity's weight
immense in fate
seeming carefully
out of focus
forced
to crush.
a hallows rush
denied by touch
is a kinetic of hate
strengthened by weight
searching carefully
for a focus
unprepared
to trust.
Supernova of 1054 A.D >>>
Sunday, October 14, 2007
radiance
Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU/Cornell/Don Davis
A giant step
And a relished find
Reflects the casual touch
Of reflected time.
A grafted print
With a crafted shine
Is the refracted touch
Of the present mind.
Collaborative Art >>>
Thursday, October 11, 2007
forty two
Credit: Allen Telescope Array/UC Berkeley
pinpoints
of touch
from the here
to the far
search for hidden
answers
in each bit
of each star.
Allen Telescope Array >>>
Carina
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration - Acknowledgment: J. Maíz Apellániz (Institute of Astrophysics of Andalucía, Spain)
Cycles of life
And circles of dust
Concurrently shrouded
By clumps of
Space rust.
Jewel Box >>>
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
tracery
Credit: NASA, ESA, M.J. Jee and H. Ford (Johns Hopkins University)
transient blues
and jazzy like dreams
surrender their rules
by dreaming their means.
Cluster Cl 0024+17 >>>
Monday, October 08, 2007
diffuse emission
Credit: NASA/CXC/JPL-Caltech/CfA
A tale to tell
Of a marvelous well
Where wishes are whispered
And starlight's the spell.
Corona Australis >>>
turnover
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Slight of hand
Slight of light
Exposes the mysteries
Of a forever star night.
Cartwheel Galaxy >>>
bright side ice
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Movements of vapor
From back end
To face
Reminds us that
Beauty
Is designed by
God's grace.
Runaway >>>
Monday, October 01, 2007
sublimation
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
varicose veins
of celestial terrains
focuses not on what's making
a tectonic re-shaking
but a subtle window
into the soul
of the Martian plane.
Afternoon Sunlight >>>
Saturday, September 29, 2007
magnetar
Credit: NASA, The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), Y.-H. Chu (UIUC), S. Kulkarni (Caltech) and R. Rothschild (UCSD)
Reality travels
From the large
To the small
It dictates
Your courage
While hastening
Your fall.
Reality currents
Are one now
And for all
The signatures
Of gravity
Natures first
Program install.
Fireworks >>>
Saturday, September 22, 2007
scar
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ.of Arizona
Another world
Where none have seen
A telling picture
Of the Martian dream.
Another answer
From a starlight's gleam
Is a heavenly flower
With its lifeless sheen.
Athabasca Valles >>>
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
edged into
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
The feel of raw power
Is a frantic release
A frenzy of fortitude
A hyper high
Just released.
The feel of true power
Is the counterpart to peace
A figure of finality
A hyper high
Just for lease.
Pandora Transits Dione >>>
Saturday, September 15, 2007
right eye blue
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
when a message in heat
becomes
a context in time
it spurs a reaction
from your untapped mind.
when a message repeated
becomes
an intellectual find
its a sign of spurred action
from the starting gates, of time.
Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) >>>
Friday, September 14, 2007
Population IV
Credit: MPL 3D
Phantom photons
in anti-light screams
are the fractal structures
of our prophecy
dreams.
carve
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Snow flake galactics
From far away plains
Produce stealthy same powders
From strangely same terrains.
Science Mission Directorate >>>
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
main street
Credit: Scott Sandford, Astrophysics Branch, NASA-Ames Research Center
dark curving alleys
of the celestial sky's
embrace their new focus
by just joining their eyes.
desert carved prairies
in the nebulous highs
reveals the true nature
of a just discovered, goodbye.
Rings Plane Crossing >>>
Saturday, September 08, 2007
pitch
Credit: Steven Biggs
ultra high
frequency's
sings a hymn for these
x-band machinements
and the magnificent achievements
we see.
Phoenix Mars Lander >>>
orbital longitude
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
ancient basins
of deadly life
are the silent songs
of an Iapetus night.
ancient bastions
of gravity's might
is a change for its wrongs
by a wronging of its rights.
Visual Reflectivity >>>
Thursday, September 06, 2007
photometric
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Rings and moons
Combine to free
A splendid discovery
Of integrated reflectivity.
Bright Blue Swath >>>
Sunday, September 02, 2007
thrust
Credit: French, A. P. Special Relativity. New York: W W Norton & Co., 1968. p 190
burning structures
into fuel
becomes a living tool
for motion
and volume
by making distance problems
a completely misunderstood
rule.
10 million seconds >>>
Saturday, September 01, 2007
synesthesia
Credit: String Theory by Marcia Smilack
Consciousness mirrors
A swift message to find
A thought running quicker
Down an emotionally sharp spine.
Consciousness moments
Slowly seeks to combine
A modern day moral
With a unique movement sign.
Motions & Emotions >>>
Tiamat
Credit: MPL 3D
The frightening chaos
of the known
is grown
in the fascinating delusion
of home.
Isidis
Credit: NASA/JPL/JHUAPL/Brown University
Concentric new troughs
With a narrow intent
Consign their true fates
By not being not bent.
Concentric old thoughts
Is nonsensically sent
To conscript the old knowledge
Where ever it just went.
Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) >>>
Friday, August 31, 2007
remnant wave
Credit: NRAO/AUI and Michael Bietenholz, York University
Sounds
Of light and time
Magically thus remind
Of a wonderful kind
Of wisdom
Understood by
A celestial
Mind.
Filament structures >>>
Thursday, August 30, 2007
smashing
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
A window of time
Begins to reflect
The delicate vision
Of not what was next.
A window of moments
Can never detect
The singular sound
Of a collision regret.
Odysseus impact basin >>>
Saturday, August 25, 2007
perished
Credit: NRAO/AUI and Jayanne English (U. Manitoba), Jeroen Stil and Russ Taylor (U. Calgary) and MSX
When nothing is left
That once was intact
The Supernova is given
An inverse point to attack.
When something was left
That once was a fact
A star has then proven
Circles of life - are a fact.
International/VLA Galactic Plane Survey >>>
Spitzer's 4th
Credit: NASA/JPL/Caltech
Lifetime issues
Of a paradox mean
Is a violent indication
Of what a telescope's seen.
Lifestyle issues
Of its scientific team
Is a manifestation
Of their telescopic dream.
Helix >>>
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Fornax A
Credit: NRAO/AUI
Sensing a change
Seeing the curve
Somehow upending
Serious nerves.
Seeking a signal
Something occurred
Somehow becomes
Seriously absurd.
NGC1316 >>>
lit
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Icy white angles
From a freshly smashed spray
Seems to smile a bit meekly
Warning not what to say.
Icy chalk signals
From a Dione glacade
Seems to move a bit closer
To a sign for how its made.
World of Canyons >>>
Friday, August 03, 2007
G Arcs
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
gravitational disturbances
often relate
to incredible feelings
that never satiate.
gravitational constants
never estimate
the significant measure
of a contradictory time state.
Material mystery >>>
Thursday, August 02, 2007
unveiled
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration
Unravel your feelings
Unwind your tight heart
Unlearn your true being
From your finish to your start.
Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 >>>
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
sinuous wake
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Swaths of methane
Strangely clean
Washes timeless
In a Titan dream.
Dunes >>>
Thursday, July 26, 2007
textured opponent
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
brave world windows
shining outward with no light
creates a certain understanding
of your perilous time starved plight.
VIMS >>>
tomographics
Credit: R. Cen, Princeton University.
A multi-wave image
in a three dimensional rage
describes a lensing like grimace
from heaven's devilish dark stage.
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope - Deep Lens Survey >>>
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Trapezium
Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team
I awake to
find mystery
looking at me
from all around.
I am woken
by a glimpse
by pure potential
that's abound.
I am master
of a knowledge
from a mystery
almost found.
I am wisdom
in a history
from a wave
of silent sound.
Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys >>>
Saturday, July 21, 2007
right side ripple
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturnshine vistas
often relate
to the nobility of knowing
of what's meant to be great.
Saturonic venues
often prelate
an astounding new vision
of what's meant by one's fate.
Rhea in 30 seconds >>>
Saturday, July 14, 2007
backnight
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Night side blues
Are never not sung
By a constant hesitation
A lie forever
On the run.
Night side tunes
Are cheek in tongue
When the shading of truths
Has just barely
Begun.
Dark Harmony >>> >>>
Sunday, July 08, 2007
megaparsec
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Shadow box teachings
In lightning quick phase
Is apparently not fixated
On forever being enraged.
Shadow taught secrets
In a heavenly focused gaze
Is apparently not fixated
And forever disengaged.
Abell Cuslter 50740 >>>
Saturday, July 07, 2007
blown
Credit: NASA, ESA, P. Challis and R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
Aftermath shivers
From a complete un-denial
Is a deep soulless shake
A state of being, you revile.
After dark regretting
A quiet quivering in style
Is a whisper soft "I know"
Within God's smirking tight smile.
Supernova 1987A >>>
Thursday, July 05, 2007
inserted event
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
I care not when
The sun will send
A powerful warning
To comprehend.
I care not if
We will pretend
That life has ceased
To be our friend.
I care not how
Fate will send
Awareness that time
Has started again.
Cresent transits >>>
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
imprinted
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Signatures of life
Are often overlooked
Turning nothing into something
Is a sign you've just mistook.
Signatures of aging
A cosmic deadline that's re-booked
Are the agents of constant change
Disguised as life, by stellar crooks.
High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) >>>
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
cautious material
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Slashing swiftly
Into view
Slipping slowly
From false to true.
Swinging silent
Out of view
A stellar shyness
Without a clue.
Unidentified >>>
Sunday, June 24, 2007
glimpse
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Travel within
The confines
Of doubt
Explore facts as feelings
From the inside
Out.
The face of Titan >>>
Saturday, June 23, 2007
cool moon night
Credit: NASA/ STS 117 Atlantis
Pilots
We are
Racing fast and far
To the drumbeat of time
We're intended to find
The power
To reach
Another star.
Fixing the future >>>
Monday, June 18, 2007
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
When particles attract
Gravity exists
When particles repel
Gravity disappears
When gravity is neutralized
Time and space
Co-exist.
mercury rising
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
What is the purpose
Of linear time
When beauty is removed
From it’s original rhyme.
Dual Imaging System (MDIS) cameras >>>
Friday, June 15, 2007
Stella Polaris
Credit: MPL 3D / Manuel Perez de Lema Lopez
The chaos of a constant
balance maintained
is the negative of equal
to the clearly
insane.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
relief
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Elements of
A foreign land
Encrypt the passage of time
Within the movements
Of sand.
Intelligence rains
By its command
Enriched by a meaningful warning
In a structured moment without
Times demands.
Variably bright material >>>
Saturday, June 09, 2007
artifacts
Credit: SDSS ( Sloan Digital Sky Survey)
A dragon's foul breath
Tumbling straight down your back
A ghostly reminder
Of how quickly fate
Can attack.
A dragon's foul stench
Trying hard to adapt
To a shifty proclamation
That turns your lies
Into fact.
Space ghosts >>>
Sunday, June 03, 2007
captured vision
Credit: ESA/NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
do you see
blurred straight lines
do you wonder
what's there to find?
do you wish
that you will see
something astounding
that knows what's to be?
Drainage >>>
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