The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Fri 4/7/06)

[RetroLounge]

Considering the Void

When I behold the charm
of evening skies, their lulling endurance;
the patterns of stars with names
of bears and dogs, a swan, a virgin;
other planets that the Voyager showed
were like and so unlike our own,
with all their diverse moons,
bright discs, weird rings, and cratered faces;
comets with their streaming tails
bent by pressure from our sun;
the skyscape of our Milky Way
holding in its shimmering disc
an infinity of suns
(or say a thousand billion);
knowing there are holes of darkness
gulping mass and even light,
knowing that this galaxy of ours
is one of multitudes
in what we call the heavens,
it troubles me. It troubles me.

Jimmy Carter

(Yes, THAT Jimmy Carter)

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RL

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[miss_american_pie]

1. Seriously?

[RetroLounge]

2. I found it by accident this morning looking for something else

had to post it...

RL

[miss_american_pie]

4. That seems to happen

I always find the best poems unintentionally. :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I wonder why it troubles him, my dear RetroLounge......

Wish I could ask him!

It is a lovely work, though.....

Thank you for posting this.......

A bit out of the ordinary, methinks!

Good to see something modern.....

:applause: :applause:

:loveya: :hug:

[Wapsie B]

5. Great poem!

This thought just occured to me. Could anyone see a former gop president writing something like this?

[RetroLounge]

6. Nope.

RL

[wildhorses]

7. Hey RL....what a treasure you have found

troubles=puzzles=fear=mysterious
how frail we are against the vastness
that is known as the universe
how small we are in the scheme of things




I bet he has written more than just this one...