A Carrington Event
Aurora borealis – Fairbanks, Alaska Kevin Schafer, October 2003 On September 1 – 2, 1859, one of the largest geomagnetic storms on record was observed and recorded by English astronomers Richard C. Carrington and Richard Hodgson. Telecommunications throughout Europe and North America were disrupted, and millions witnessed magnificent aurorae around the world. The magnetic storm Has bound us together With flares of crimson And ruby flames While soft vapors Caress our brows And anoint our bodies With emeralds and sapphires And all around Voluminous clouds Avert their eyes and blush At the rapture...
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Jeff Dai – Perseid fireball, Aug. 11, 2013 Taken from Mount Jinfo, Chongqing, China A soundless flicker A smoldering streak Awaken the dreaming eye A shimmering flash Fragmented flames A glowing trail left by As so your breath Against my cheek Burnished ardent vapours You brush your hand Across my back Effect atmospheric pressure Then all will bend To galactic force All hail the meteor’s nascence A singeing flare With impatient thrust Shall court his cosmic siren And Earth will ope’ Her dewy mouth A yielding lip so tender A blushing kiss Its tremulous graze Ignites the Perseid ember...
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A diaphanous face And longing filaments Her chiffon robe Cast softly yellow Upon the spine The disarming sepal Against the nettle Her ruffled cloak Sheltering tender fruit To guide the zealous thorn Lest it stray too far In its rhythmic dance And pierce the petaled veil She will mist with perfumed air And intoxicate the viridescent scabbard LiNdA
Read MoreRaindrops
We didn’t notice The crickets had left Their song abandoned Between blades of grass So intent were we On our own sonata Played out To a final crescendo And then came Drops of rain Making holes In the heavy air Falling from towering Cumulonimbus clouds Clouds we could smell But couldn’t see Dropping their fat raindrops Atop our heads And splatting like ripe plums Upon the pavement As we said goodnight LiNdA ...
Read MoreA Journey Around the Sun
Image from Tech Times article, “Young Star Reveals Role of Magnetic Field On Early Life On Earth” One strike of the galaxy clock And thus we have reached 584 million miles In 365 days Aboard our Earthship Which spins elegantly Requiring no effort on our part For we are enjoying the ride An elliptical orbit Bestrewn with sumptuous gifts From the volcano to the sea From vineyard to forest Drenched in fertile treasures From the Sun and the Moon And we shall partake Of the fruits laid before us Exultations and honor To the Ancient Stars Who guide with streaming paths Four feet to follow The cosmic chime Is a call to remembrance That being of the nebulaic cradle Fused from swirling gametes A bolide collision Fragments fiery rockets Slicing the aether In their Earthbound descent Blackened stones Our trembling feet Our corpora sheathed Imbued in their forms These meteoric mysteries The force of creation Melting into our souls As we begin to flame The burning of the grape And that of the candle Sustaining our Star Bodies With a most sapient essence All that of matter Dark and unseen The Holy Grail of Time Set alight by incandescent stirrings LiNdA ...
Read MoreOn The Profundity of Meteors
1833 Meteor Shower, wood engraving by Adolf Vollmy c1888 You have pierced my soul With the voices of angels And the drone of ancient chants I cannot hide from your beauty It shatters and lays bare my heart I have no protection from the onslaught Of the battering ram against my broken bones My body quivers and dies I rejoice in the conquering The Light of Light The Sound of Sound Emanates within and without I am no more LiNdA
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