Nebula Askew

If I were
an astronomer,
a follower of Papa
Galileo through
th'expanding years,
I should be
less confounded by
that vortex
in the sky
first spotted
when a learned bro
peeked through
his viewing lens.

"Our home"
he said, "is bigger
than we thought!"
and thus he kicked
the boot of Italy
into a cosmic ocean
where galactic islands drift,

defying that old wader
of its terra,
no longer firm-a
("oh, let's asee my fren;
we play da words,
I mean, da Medi-terra-neans")
Yes, I know signore, those
who think longingly
about their home upon
the ground beneath.

But there it is,
a starry nebulum
that just will not behave
as science thought it should.
And so she floats
albeit saucilly
with starry hands
on cosmic hips,
"Just where"
she wants to know,
"is a galaxy
to go?"
       ~

Reviews

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

I believe that I have an old soul, and reading your poetry always gives me the sense of coming home. There is a tangible presence to your words, and I feel like I can always relate to them. I love the humor, visualization, and personification employed throughout this poem. The ending is just brilliant!

How I have missed your poetry!

[Dean]

It is so good to see you back, and to read your perceptive comments. This piece was written in fun, but you have found something more in it. I am delighted.

[emmajoy]

Smiled all through this post, woven from both silk and flax as it were! Tis clever to take reality and convert it into a vaguely manic adventure in E.. wherever a galaxy just has to go.

[Dean]

Thanks doll. Good to see you back

[TL Boehm]

Love the bits of humor in this one - the flirty personification of a galaxy in that last stanza - very nice, great word play and beautiful imagery spun in this one. And I like the concept of Papa Galileo. Not sure why.

[Dean]

thank you so much. You've saved it from the trash basket

[Marie]

Nice tribute to Galileo, whose discovers about our cosmos was certainly brilliant. I have just enough interest in astronomy myself to check it out on the Internet once in a while.