General astronomy discussion

RE: "Ganymede"

dolly1908 — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:26:41 GMT

On a chilly winter#8217;s night,
I gazed into the sky,
Saw the little, twinkling stars,
And a comet quiver by......

Can anyone suggest some continuation?

RE: "Ganymede"

Illuminatus — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 02:51:04 GMT

Iapetus: shows
the symmetry of the soul
orb of dark and light.

A bit short, but that's how Haiku goes. Don't hurt me if it's bad.

RE: "Ganymede"

Don Rising — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 02:02:26 GMT

Wow!! I couldn't imagine why so much discussion about Ganymede, and never opened the thread until now. What a great surprise!

Astronomy lends itself beautifully to so much more than just empirical or scientific expression. Others may debate this, but to me (and I dare say each of the contributors to this thread) the universe has an undeniable aesthetic quality. Our human condition is reflected just as much in how we subjectively perceive and express it as any paper/thesis/work that seeks to understand an objective reality.

Please forgive my waxing philosophic, but that's part of what creative writing should invoke. Everyone here certainly invoked it in me. Great job all, and thank you.

RE: "Ganymede"

IBFW — Tue, 21 Dec 2004 17:22:13 GMT

clarke2001 -- galaxia16 did not write "Ganymede", I did ... just thought I'd point that out

RE: "Ganymede"

clarke2001 — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 07:16:06 GMT

galaxia16,
I enjoyed your poems especially "Ganymede" and "A Lonely World" and
I am not much into poetry.

Thanks

RE: "Ganymede"

IBFW — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:16:24 GMT

hmm....interesting lol

RE: RE: "Ganymede"

stars4life — Tue, 07 Dec 2004 23:13:54 GMT

QUOTE: Originally posted by IBFW

Rats = Star backwards? wild guess lol

Yup... That's it.

A bit hokie I know, but it just kinda worked out that way and I didn't even see it my self until I was about to hit the post button.

RE: "Ganymede"

IBFW — Tue, 07 Dec 2004 22:09:13 GMT

Rats = Star backwards? wild guess lol

RE: "Ganymede"

stars4life — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 19:29:39 GMT

Star
Shining bright
Lights the day
Deserts the night
The Moon reflects
Light just enough
To wash away
The deep sky stuff
Rats

Okay, just wrote this one... Whats the hidden puzzle? (not that the star is the Sun. Some other thing)

RE: "Ganymede"

IBFW — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 16:35:27 GMT

WOW! I haven't been online since the beginning of November, and I just got back today and read through all the posts in this thread---lol I'm so proud to have started this one I'm seeing some wonderful pieces of poetry! Impressive Well, I have written a total of 60 poems (exactly) but the rest are all completely unrelated to astronomy. Perhaps I should get writing eh? I might post a few sometime....well...lol here's a free-verse I wrote yesterday:

"Echoes Past"

I hear voices
In the stillness
In the blackness
Voices
From afar
From ago
In my head
Voices
Whispering softly
To the depths
Of my subconscious
Mind
Voices
Echoing
From afar
From ago
Echoing
Echoing
Voices
In my head
I hear voices
Echoing
From ago
Voices
From the past
Echoing
In my head
I hear voices
Echoes past

RE: "Ganymede"

galaxia16 — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 18:06:47 GMT

Moon princess
Daughter of the sun
Daughter of the earth
leader of the night
Princess of the sky
Ghost of thy lunar dust
spirit of the moon
Goal to to the astronauts
companion to the earth
A place known to life, The MOON.

the end.

RE: "Ganymede"

Doberman — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 08:47:48 GMT

I am no poet but this rivals anything I have read to date by the likes of Wordsworth. Keep it up

RE: "Ganymede"

galaxia16 — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 01:01:44 GMT

No problemlo lol :)

RE: "Ganymede"

marsbound2024 — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:59:30 GMT

Thank you very much for that inspiring comment galaxia16. I appreciate those words deeply.

Sincerely, marsbound2024

RE: "Ganymede"

galaxia16 — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:52:29 GMT

its so beuatiful and deep marsbound. You have a good heart down inside :)