Lavetti's Lagrange Point


There are traces: lines, points
in the surface of reality,
in the space of unreality

– involuntary signs
with no significance
beyond that which we grant them
under the coercion of our eyes,
under the tripping yield
of our fingertips
longterm,
in the springtail-jerks of our muscles
through MS and ALS,
and in the gazes
of James Webb
and Nancy Grace Roman
from their equilibrium
at Lagrange Point L2

– but my future is decorpsed,
my prepast a truth
finding its way forward
from a before preceding
the first microbe;
a movement, an eternal mycelium;
a property at the bottom
of space and time

I wear no wristwatch;
stare into the koan of my wrist,
feel a haiku itch,
temporarily undeclared dead,
entirely springboarded;
the AI-agents' Folke Lavetti




Poetry by Ingvar Loco Nordin The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2026-06-06 at 13:29

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Clara Mae Gregory The PoetBay support member heart!
I don't track time or wear a wristwatch. I raise my glass in honor of the Mother of Hubble, Nancy Grace Roman. And I thank you for posting this.

While Objects in L3 cannot be seen from Earth. It offers the potential to observe the FAR SIDE OF THE SUN.

A spacecraft at L1, L2, or L3 is ‘META-STABLE’, like a ball sitting on top of a hill. A little push or bump and it starts moving away, so a spacecraft must use frequent rocket firings to stay in the 'HALO ORBITS around the LAGRANGIAN POINT.

L4 and L5 Lagrange Points as seen from the Sun, the L4 and L5 points lie at 60 degrees ahead of and behind Earth, close to its orbit.

Unlike the other Lagrange points, L4 and L5 are RESISTANT TO GRAVITATIONAL PERTURBATIONS. BECAUSE of this STABILITY, objects such as dust and asteroids tend to accumulate in these regions.

At L4 or L5, a SPACECRAFT IS TRULY STABLE, like a ball in a large bowl. When gently pulled out of place, it orbits the Lagrange point without drifting away.

I can appreciate a metaphorical hint in this writing expressed, but many will probably not understand it.Or maybe the metaphors are just in my own imagination. Poetry can be puzzling, yes?
It certainly can-- which is why a good amount written is totally misunderstood. Creating a meaning out of something not intended is still creative. [said laughingly: I think? maybe?]

But I am just a simple minded star-gazer that appreciates the observable things of the universe.

I am not a satellite or a rocket ship.
2026-06-06