Way back in April, my daughter, the real writer of the family, participated in National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo) -- a poem a day for the month of April. No way was I fit for that, but her poem from April 13 struck a chord with me: "Thirteen Ways of Looking At the Night Sky". I thought her poem was really cool -- of course -- so I decided to try my spin on it. I sent my effort to her and didn't post it because, well, I'm not much of a poet.But I talked with her tonight, and she said, "Post it, Dad." And so, ... here it is.
Post some comments about what you think each of them are about ... or ask me a question, and I'll explain.
THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT THE NIGHT SKY
1
Light polluted
Noisy
Useless
Airplane constellation.
2
First telescope.
Bundled tight.
Illinois winter night
With Saturn’s frozen rings
3
Star Cross.
A long way from Kansas.
4
Picture Mars and Stonehenge.
I love mysteries.
5
Full moon
Black and white
Small step to
Earthrise Christmas.
6
See the box, see the handle?
See the North Star?
See the three-belt?
See his sword, a nebula?
See his shield?
See the red-eyed bull?
See the six star shoulder? Maybe seven?
See how I love showing you?
7
Twinkle, twinkle, little girl.
Time for bed.
8
Pillars
Horsehead
Crab
Ten
Hubble, trouble, toil and
Wonder.
9
I look up to where I’m going
When I’m gone
Eventually.
Heavenly nova.
10
Fractal pinpricks
In a black cloth
11
Jeep ride
Desert guide
Sky wide
Star tide
12
River bottom telescope
Falling stars in sharp relief
And shining in the old man’s eyes.
13
So much to know.
I wonder why.
