LJ Idol Exhibit A Topic 4 - Ultra Deep Field

[eeyore_grrl]

I am not the smartest person in the room
high school physics baffled me and sometimes
I still confuse astronomy and astrology

he explains to me that the ultra deep field
		is amazing
that specks of dark in the night sky 
hold galaxies upon galaxies so large
		yet so small to us

I am not the smartest person in the room
but I believe in the power of questions and Wikipedia
      I believe in the physics major by my side
	                 	and the power of poetry
			to put science into beauty
			and beauty into science

I’ve a newfound respect for the Hubble telescope
it has transformed from simple science to sheer beauty
to something that creates images i want to hang over my bed
	stare at, meditate under, breathe in the beauty

A newfound respect for the beauty of the universe 
hidden in the dark, in the deep
drawing conclusions about the beauty of people
					       of humanity

-cdr

This poem was written for LJ Idol: Exhibit A, Topic 4. http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/620811.html

Comments

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I used to give students, and myself, a picture to stare at then write about. This brought back memories.

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

I really love your take on this. Nicely done!

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It helps that I did have a physics major by my side... and seriously, LOVE wikipedia.

[audreybuttercup.livejournal.com]

This was very pretty. :)

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[halfshellvenus.livejournal.com]

I love the expression of feeling in this, and hardly anything puts beauty in science like astronomy and astrophysics. :)

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I am now transfixed by the pictures of the Ultra Deep Field. It's amazing.

[occasionally.livejournal.com]

The Hubble images really are beautiful. It's hard not to get caught up in them.

[alien-writings.livejournal.com]

Images of space can be amazing.

[theun4givables.livejournal.com]

Definitely feeling the love for those tiny specks of darkness that contain so damn much. It's insane, just how much there is out there. :)

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

and how little *we* are of it!

[myrna-bird.livejournal.com]

I also discovered new found beauty in the research for this prompt. Your poem does it justice. Nice job!

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

Thank you, so much, for this compliment.

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

They're definitely some beautiful images -- I like the point you make here, that you don't have to know the science to recognize the beauty in it. :)

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm not pretending to understand it, but I *know* it's amazing!

[shadowwolf13]

Very lovely poem.

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

This is lovely!

[jensi08.livejournal.com]

This was wonderful and I loved your take on the prompt.

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I had no idea what to do at first, then this came out of me.

[whipchick.livejournal.com]

I love the line about confusing astronomy and astrology :)

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

well, uh... they sound so similar. :D

[kittenboo.livejournal.com]

Just lovely!

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :D

[phoenixejc.livejournal.com]

I like the Hubble pictures, too. Nice take on the topic.

[fourzoas.livejournal.com]

Poems always make me smile--nice!

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

I like your use of repetition.

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Done well repetition in poetry or prose can be so strong.

[kandigurl.livejournal.com]

Very nice!