Look out Universe, here comes humanity!


We Send Out Light That Lives

This sleepy little galaxy,
lost in the milieu of a billion others,
is filled with song and the finite
thrum of human hearts.

This glow-in-the-dark Milky Way,
whose pinwheel arms
are spun with satin stars,
emits Mozart from its crevices.

This nondescript spiral,
axled upon a super-massive black-hole,
frisbees across the universe,
curving it with the maths of Einstein.

Space travelers are we all,
learning the gravitation-crawl.




Poetry by Brian Oarr
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Written on 2009-08-02 at 00:59

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tony udo
An overwhelming feeliing of insignificance. Excellent use of the language.
2009-10-15


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2009-08-02


Peter J. Kautsky
the gravitation crawl -- a new dance in the gallactic party. Loved this line.
2009-08-02



Oh, yes, we are all that ... no reason to be modest about it :)

Enjoyed this, Brian x
2009-08-02


Purple Phoenix
Is this new Brian? :-) Love the word "thrum". Enjoyed this piece very much!
2009-08-02


Bob
This was great, made smile big at 2 30 in the morning. Yes! Yes! It is Mozart the escapes from the crevices as we travel faster than a revolving day, than the bumble bee can fly, than the brook can absorb the coming of tomorrow. A speck of dust on the lens of...
2009-08-02



Enchanting hymn to the universe and the music of the galaxies. I really like the comparison of the milky way to a pinwheel. I'm always in awe when I see those photographs of space in which everything seems to be whirling, spiraling, dancing, both beautiful and terrifying at the same time. It makes us see what a nano-second our lives are here on space station Earth, but also how we are all part of the pinwheel, twirling in the dark.

William
2009-08-02