Tag: Carl Sagan

Celestial Deception: A Tanka poem

  Even these stars, which seem so numerous, are as sand, as dust – or less than dust – in the enormity of the space in which there is nothing – Carl Sagan Celestial Deception: A Tanka poem Cocoon nebula Portending a butterfly To the naked eye… Our doors of misperception A cause for celebration?..

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Inexpressible cosmic beauty…and empty space

The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. – Carl Sagan   Inexpressible cosmic beauty…and empty space:  A Tanka poem A flash of wonder, Andromeda, galactic, Colours so divine. Spectacular illusion: Artifice fills empty space.   Tanka poems follow a set of rules. They all have five lines, and each line..

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