First Light Machine

Credit: SA/ DLR/ FU Berlin (G. Neukum

Night time labyrinths
In the shade of the sublime
Creates an angle of deep resonance
With the erosion, of pure time.

Credit: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), MMTO

goodbye
old friend
is this really the end?

why don’t
you stay
and never go away,

for never
is certain
to come again.

Comet 17P/Holmes >>>

Credit: MPL 3D

Forever wonder
Of worlds not seen
And forever tumble
In a world
Of dreams.

Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Silence stalks
A forgotten sound
Softly searching for
A place of ground.

Silent statements
Of a secret found
Softly touches
Your upside down.

Less than a degree >>>

Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

sub hemispheres
close to here
release the flows
of silent woes
and ancient secrets
and ancient answers
no one knows.

Craters >>>

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

A virtuoso
performance
with an
unnaturally sharp
charm
is an attempted
denial
of nature’s
instinctual intent
to harm.

Collision >>>

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/J.Hester (ASU); Optical: NASA/ESA/J.Hester & A.Loll (ASU); Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R.Gehrz (Univ. Minn.)

a hallows brush
detects a touch
of gravity’s weight
immense in fate
seeming carefully
out of focus
forced
to crush.

a hallows rush
denied by touch
is a kinetic of hate
strengthened by weight
searching carefully
for a focus
unprepared
to trust.

Supernova of 1054 A.D >>>

Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU/Cornell/Don Davis

A giant step
And a relished find
Reflects the casual touch
Of reflected time.

A grafted print
With a crafted shine
Is the refracted touch
Of the present mind.

Collaborative Art >>>

Credit: Allen Telescope Array/UC Berkeley

pinpoints
of touch
from the here
to the far
search for hidden
answers
in each bit
of each star.

Allen Telescope Array >>>

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration – Acknowledgment: J. Maíz Apellániz (Institute of Astrophysics of Andalucía, Spain)

Cycles of life
And circles of dust
Concurrently shrouded
By clumps of
Space rust.

Jewel Box >>>