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Dropped Pages: solar strings

May 25, 2009 by openchannel 7 Comments

This was a poem dropped from Her Red Book. I still might include it in another book.

solar strings

dust is beautiful
it floats in the stratosphere
above the cumulonimbus
and diffuses the waves
making the sky blue
azuring the eyes
of the nomadic poet
who learns the names
of constellations
like pop songs
singing them in her head
without sound
with only light
electromagnetic rays
that bounce around the nape of her heart
because in the middle world
there is a such thing
as sunshine

Jump on The Monday Night Poetry Train

The words “middle world” did not appear in the original poem. I borrowed them after hearing this wonderful post on TED. If you have 20 minutes to spare, this will curl your brain:

Richard Dawkins Speaks on our Queer Universe.

Filed Under: Archived Blog, dropped pages, her red book, monday poetry thang, poetry Tagged With: chapter book, chapter post, poetry, poetry train

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  1. gautami tripathy says

    May 26, 2009 at 4:13 am

    Good use of some great words. I like the physics of it!

    Welcome back to MPTR!

    two sides of the same coin

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  2. Als Simmons says

    May 26, 2009 at 11:50 pm

    I remember learning in physics why the sky is blue and all that… lovely poem!

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  3. openchannel says

    May 28, 2009 at 9:30 am

    i’m so fascinated by science. i find it absolutely miraculous.

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  4. S.L. Corsua says

    June 4, 2009 at 11:11 am

    I love it. I love reading it several times, for the pleasing cadence. 😉 Reminds me of scenes of the ‘dust’ in the film, “The Golden Compass.”

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  5. openchannel says

    June 5, 2009 at 9:08 am

    Wow, thanks, S.L. That’s one of my favourite books.

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  6. art predator says

    July 1, 2009 at 11:55 am

    oooh, how did I miss this one?? I like it a lot!

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  7. openchannel says

    July 3, 2009 at 7:55 am

    Thanks, AP.

    Guess you’ve been busy making videos about being a wine correspondent. 🙂

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