Hourglass of stars,
minted in a nebula
not too far from Mars,
bloodied rust of cosmic dust
fills the sky – all-seeing eye.
Kim M. Russell, 2017
Credit: ESA/Hubble; Raghvendra Sahai and John Trauger (JPL), the WFPC2 science team, and NASA/ESA
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics: Lookin’ Up!
Lillian is our host for this Tuesday’s Poetics and she says she would like us all to look up – through the Hubble Space Telescope! She has selected four photos taken by Hubble and asks us to choose one for inspiration. I decided to write a micro poem for a macro subject.
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Very nice! I was also struck by how much this looked like and eye! LOVE your description of it, especially “bloodied rust of cosmic dust”……..
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Thank you, Lill!
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I actually thought the image of that eye was a bit intimidating, and I think you mirrored that in your words too.. blood… but the I start to hear that old melody by Alan Parson’s Project…soothing
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Alan Parsons – a blast from the past!
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This was beautiful. It was such an interesting image too.
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Thanks Alison!
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Bravo Kim! I saw an eye lurking in the bottom of an hour glass too. You made a poem out of it though!
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🙂
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Yes, I’ve heard this called the Eye of God nebula. I used the same photo. Nice work.
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Thank you, Victoria. I haven’t done any reading yet. I’m about to start in a short while!
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Nice sound and description of that eye.
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My goodness! I thought it was a real eye! Love this: “bloodied rust of cosmic dust”
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Thanks Viv!
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You’re welcome!
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Creepy-Sweet! 😎😎😎😎😎
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Nicely written! We chose the same picture and both of us referenced the eye!
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The all seeing eye… This image seems so other-worldly, watchful, knowing… beautiful piece.
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Thank you!
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a rhyming tanka! Beautifully evocative!
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Thanks Frank!
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My pleasure 😇
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Yes, the all knowing eye is out there watching, Your words capture the photo and the wonderment of the heavens.
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Thank you!
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your words match the feel of that photo
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Thanks Candy! I couldn’t read last night and It’s morning now, so I’ve got plenty to comment on before I leave the house!
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Oh You gave words to my thoughts. That image certainly looks like an hour glass with an eye. The use of words “bloodied red of cosmic dust” brings the image alive!
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Thank you so much!
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Perfect!!!
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Thanks Annell!
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It does look like an eye and an hour glass–sort of an image of time, all seeing eternity.
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Nicely done Kim.
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Thanks Pat!
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bloodied rust of cosmic dust
fills the sky – all-seeing eye
Cosmic debris will always be there without possibility of being hidden
Hank
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Your words make the eye come alive!
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