A Criticism of Critics

How often have the critics, trained
To look upon the sky
Through telescopes securely chained,
Forgot the naked eye.

Within the compass of their glass
Each smallest star they knew,
And not a meteor could pass
But they were looking through.

When a new planet shed its rays
Beyond their field of vision,
And simple folk ran out to gaze,
They laughed in high derision.

They railed upon the senseless throng
Who cheered the brave new light.
And yet the learned men were wrong,
The simple folk were right.

poem by Robert Fuller Murray
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Hope's Perceptive Intuition

Life's kaleidoscope
Enchants, energizes
Triumphantly surprises.
Time-free telescope
Harmoniously helps cope,
Expectantly revises
Restrictions, compromises,
Evil horoscope -
Bubble-trouble soap -
Exploding, vaporizes.
Hope's manifold disguises
Open stethoscope.
Perceptive intuition
Engineers fruition...

poem by Jonathan Robin
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Lodestar and a wayfarer

In the Ocean of life,
This mysterious ship
Heads without a rudder;
Please guide me in the rough seas
As some pages of the book
'Rules of the road'
Washed by the cruel waves
And the precious compass disappeared.
You are so high,
And I believe you see the obstacles
Which I cannot see through my fungi-lens telescope.

poem by Nimal Dunuhinga
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Lost Love’s Distance

The astrophysicist aimed the telescope at Antares.
Oh, this red giant of the Milky Way Galaxy is so beautiful, he said.
Almost as bright as the stars Aldebaran and Regulus.
Have a look, he told his assistant.

Almost as bright as the star Aldebaran and Regulus,
Repeated the assistant.
Yes, the professor said, it shines like a brilliant diamond
in the night sky, surrounded by colorful cosmic clouds
And winding dust lanes.

Then five years elapsed and one moonless night
The astrophysicist again aimed his telescope at Antares.
But he could not concentrate as his thoughts
Constantly returned to his lost love.

One chilly day he met her at a cozy restaurant.
They sat and ate and sipped their coffee and talked.

You were once so close to me, he said to her.

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poem by Paul Hartal
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Sonnet: Cooperation

Co-operation is the sap of life,
Without which nothing can be realized;
Nor harmony be really devised
Amidst children/ citizens/husband/ wife.

No department can flourish without it;
No army however strong wins the war;
No earthly telescopes can reach a star,
Sans co-operation, a good habit.

Co-operation brings success in life,
In one’s family or in his work-spot;
And decides progress or a nation’s lot,
Solving, modifying, postponing strife.

One can succeed if spouse co-operates;
Man succeeds whenever God operates!

poem by John Celes
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Knows how to forget!

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Knows how to forget!
But could It teach it?
Easiest of Arts, they say
When one learn how

Dull Hearts have died
In the Acquisition
Sacrificed for Science
Is common, though, now—

I went to School
But was not wiser
Globe did not teach it
Nor Logarithm Show

"How to forget"!
Say—some—Philosopher !
Ah, to be erudite

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poem by Emily Dickinson
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Wait For The Right Time

What grows on the earth? !
What is left to mankind?
But, do wait for the right time to come;
Then you can express yourself with your status.

Of the small planets,
Of the frozen planets,
Telescope, cope, slope, dope, rope, lope, scope, hope, mope;
And of these things!
Because, there is the planting time and of the harvest time.

poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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Milky Way Galaxy

At night the sky
Becomes an entire new world
To the human eye

The moon
Sometimes as round as a soccer ball
Appears as it begins to get dark

A million tiny bright lights
Called stars
Appear like specks of dust
Out of nowhere

And soon I am outdoors
Observing the planets like mars
And also the Milky Way galaxy
With my trustworthy telescope

poem by Emily Krauss
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Sonnet-Be Like a Star

The Sky has countless stars, our eyes can see;
Yet, many more, telescopes can't discern;
And God calls every star by name sweetly;
To every man, He shows His love, concern.

And like a star, we ought to shine all life;
To prove the Maker's love for us is great;
Let us not waver despite any strife;
Each man decides his body's, mind's, soul's fate.

Effort decides the kind of achievement;
The grace of God is another factor;
Not all can be a living monument;
In earthly-life, we can't blunder or err.

0 help me Lord, to be a super-star,
That shines so brightly, although placed afar!

poem by John Celes
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Jupiter Spins

Jupiter spins, they say, three times as fast
as earth and thus enjoys a shorter day.
They say the sun will grow and then, at last,
burn up the planets which lie in its way.

They say, the universe is growing
or perhaps has grown
and having reached its fullness,
is on its way to ultimate collapse
into black holes of cosmic nothingness.

They say – and build new telescopes and peer
further and further into outer spaces
and dare not turn and look at what is here
brighter than the sun and clear before their faces.

And yet, when all is done,
not there one dies
but deep, inside, right here,
behind one’s eyes.

poem by Brian Taylor
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Testing Times For Sonnet Rhymes

Open instincts! Writ theme test who'll see?
Pressed, the mesh inset in style hides, shy.
Efforts knit span lines to link as I
Not on trite end - top levels mask text free.
Your summons seeks, a bubbly threaded key
On to straight end true, whose inner cry
Uses the prose, its music just, to tie.
Reread, prime the brain, gold runes there be
Haste. All nets art, stands meter ready,
Ever here rests precious. Test apply
A hidden cue where a verse pitch apply
Renders truth's initials to train thee.
Take these echos, guest, yet peruse them well,
Sharp telescopes help set score, context spell.

(25 May 2005 & 14 July 2006)

poem by Jonathan Robin
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Sweet Dreamland

On the sea of time I sail with you
The sea is calm and the sky is blue

We are sailing for sweet dreamland
We must hurry give me a hand

Take a look at those merry dolphins
It's a sign. Do you know what it means?

I can see through my telescope
An island full of dream and hope

Take a look at those flying seagulls
I am so excited check my pulse

O my sweetie my near and dear
Be patient we are almost there

poem by Asif Andalib
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Willo!

Telescope, scope, cope, microscope;
Conscious,
Willo!
She's out still in the snow alone;
Willo, Will, ill, oil, will;
So often and so long!
And like a satellite orbiting Mars.

Surface, face, ace, trace, race, brace;
Subconscious,
Very serious!
Obvious;
Tail, tale!
With comments and suggestions.

Trail, trial!
Like love's Red Carpet;
Light, delight!
To unite more people;
But, free! ! If need be.

poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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Rogue Comet

Lost amongst dark
regions in solar space
moves nameless comet
unknown unbidden
phantom menace
time space dissects
orbit moving inbound.

To soon observatory
spots impending course
telescopes join watch
in countless numbers
as luminous tale grows
ever more blazen across
red dragon night sky.

Such beauty inspires awe
apocalyptic wonder frenzied fear
time riots suspends hangs
for full measure as fame grows

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poem by Terence George Craddock
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Home

A home above the year's seasons
home of children animals and apples
a square of empty space
under an absent star

home was the telescope of childhood
the skin of emotion
a sister's cheek
branch of a tree

the cheek was extinguished by flame
the branch crossed out by a shell
over the powdery ash of the nest
a song of homeless infantry

home is the die of emotion
home is the cube of childhood

the wing of a burned sister

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poem by Zbigniew Herbert
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Special Needs

Special Needs breed creativity
Permitting change extending human scope,
Encourage opportunities to cope,
Compensating inner doubts to free
Ideas and feelings, as the Present's plea
Answered is, providing all with hope.
Life's lottery incentives gives. We grope,
Now well, now worse, in our diversity,
Ever onwards, seeking ways to see
Ever outwards, - search with telescope
Deep hidden truths which, slippery like soap,
Sleep hid within each one in pregnancy.

poem by Jonathan Robin
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There's A Dark Cloud Over My Head

There is a dark cloud over my head
With every move i make, every step i take
It keeps following me
Lord you know i want to free
Dark clouds, dark clouds, dark clouds
Now as the rain begins to fall, i feel so small
I'm always getting wet with the rain of prejudice
Look there is a mist of discrimation
And the fog of injustice
Dark clouds, dark clouds, dark clouds hanging over my head
Lord you know i want to be free
It's hard to look through the thickness of the clouds
Standing under the dark clouds the sun never shines
As my eyes glist for a brighter tomorrow
My sisters and brothers are filled with sorrow
Dark clouds, dark clouds, dark clouds
Why do they keep following me
Lord you know i want to be free
This cloud kept many of our people down
This cloud has kept us bound

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poem by Leon Thomas Lee
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Galaxy

The Galaxy

On the terrace in the sun I closed my eyes
and saw coloured light dancing under my
eyelids like a galaxy that only existed inside
of me… or is the real galaxy an illusion.
Scientists watch stars in their great telescope
but only see what is in their heads…
And we agree because we too only see what
is in our own mind. Ruby stars and pink moons
and the dream of immortality that our souls
fly to a mysterious planet like our own where
death has been vanquished.

poem by Oskar Hansen
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I never felt at Home—Below

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I never felt at Home—Below—-
And in the Handsome Skies
I shall not feel at Home—I know—
I don't like Paradise—

Because it's Sunday—all the time—
And Recess—never comes—
And Eden'll be so lonesome
Bright Wednesday Afternoons—

If God could make a visit—
Or ever took a Nap—
So not to see us—but they say
Himself—a Telescope

Perennial beholds us—
Myself would run away
From Him—and Holy Ghost—and All—

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poem by Emily Dickinson
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Fully Rigged

Tall Ships that sail the ocean blue,
And ride the waves through calm and storm,
Are fully rigged, with a gallant crew,
Who have their duties to perform.

For starting on the upper decks,
They scrub the planks and coil the ropes,
And do a hundred vital checks,
With sextant, compass, and some telescopes.

With careful ease, they travel on,
And when they turn, veer to the west,
The Captain steers through every swell,
Though pitched and tossed o'er every crest.

So fine and gracious are these crafts,
Built with such care and made to last,
They're caressed by a gentle wind that wafts,
And their grace is something unsurpassed.

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poem by Ernestine Northover
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