Looking out the window, while sipping on my chai,
I saw a shining star in the clear night sky.
And wondered, was this the star the wise men saw too,
Two thousand years ago when baby Jesus was brand new?
Image from Pixabay
Tag Archives: stars
The Mysterious Marriage of Spacetime by Celia Berrell
Leave a commentTime’s a kind of mystery,
not made of anything.
We treat it like a measurement.
A time-line piece of string.
But NOW-time can be different,
depending where things are.
We look back over many years
when gazing at a star.
The speed time passes, tick & tock
depends on where things go.
If gravity’s extremely strong
that tick & tock go slow.
Since Einstein showed us Spacetime,
THEN & THERE were surely wed.
And WHEN & WHERE got married too …
and share a Spacetime bed!
The Night Sky by Celia Berrell
Leave a commentFind yourself a place where there’s
no artificial light,
after sunset’s peachy glows
have dwindled into night.
Feast your eyes on darkness
so, your pupils will enlarge,
taking-in night’s wonderment.
A myriad of stars!
Awesome, spacious,
trancing, spinning,
mesmerising lights are bringing
messages of time’s beginning.
Histories of cosmic meaning.
It makes us question why we are,
compared to just one single star.
The more we look,
the more we see
the endlessness.
Infinity.
Image from Pixaby by Nini Kvaratskhelia
Ancient Secrets in the Sky by Celia Berrell
3 CommentsAustralia’s first people
shared knowledge that’s verbal
through story and song
both secret and long.
They studied the skies
and became very wise
in using the stars
to travel afar.
Star maps, like diaries
can jog song-line memories,
showing the best ways
we now use as highways.
When driving one day
on the Great Western Highway,
know ancient astronomy’s
part of its history.
Poem of the Day
2 CommentsA Star Turn
Twinkle star, Twinkle bright!
A clamour of glamour across the night!
Little stars, eyes alight,
Tutus and tights, bold and bright!
How do I look? Have I got it right?
Will I look a lovely sight?
Please, don’t let me get stage fright…
Oh I’m trying with all my might!
I SO want my star to shine tonight!
J.R.Poulter
- Submitted in response to Poetry Prompt #35
Australian Children’s Poetry 