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On Beyond

10/26/2022

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Look to the Sky
 
 ​On days when life demands too much of you,
Responsibilities and worries too,
So much to bear, you don’t know where to turn,
And peace and solace are for what you yearn,
 
Look to the sky, to clouds, and higher still,
And watch the birds that glide and soar at will,
That turn and dive in the gentle Spring breeze
Then stop to rest atop the tallest trees.
 
And watch them as they sit so high and free,
Content to sing their song and just to be,
They follow the wind wherever it blows,
Are ever heedless of our earthly woes.
 
Then join them if only in mind, alone,
To visit distant lands, never yet known,
And then glide gently back to Earth and land,
Ready to tackle all that waits at hand. 
 
MW
I Wonder as I Wander 
​
I wonder as I wander out under the sky,
 Why fish have to swim and birds live to fly.
Why some have feathers and others have fur
I wonder as I wander out under the sky.

I wonder as I’m gazing high up in the sky,
Far past the clouds, the rainbow, and I try 
To see what lies far beyond, out in space.
 I wonder as I’m gazing far beyond the sky.

 I wonder as I wander, I think and I dream 
Of flying beyond on the moonlight’s beam
 Is there a yonder, a place far beyond?
 I wonder and  I ponder, Is it just a dream? 
 
 I wonder and ponder gazing up at the sky,
 What wonders beyond our sight may lie.   
 The moon and planets, stars and nebulae,
  I wonder as I wander out under the sky.
 
                        MW 
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Pillars of Creation
 
Pillars of creation
They call it,
Showing that
Even scientists
Have imaginations.
But they admit
It might well be called
Pillars of Destruction
For what it actually is. 
 
​MW


​Just as
The prophets of old
Would name
 Stars and planets 
Astronomers
Get to name
The solar systems
And nebulae
They discover. 
Showing their 
Imaginative
Creative side. 
And like the
Storytellers of old,
The movie makers
Then run with the 
Name and image
To create their own
Colorful rendition. 
 
MW
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Webb Telescope
 
Look 
Through the lens
Virtually,
Way out there. 
Beyond our eyes,
Beyond ken.
 
And see…
What? 
The scientists
Theorize
The religious
Rhapsodize,
The artists
Fantasize,
But we can
But wonder

​MW



Alien Mirror
 
Are you looking at me unseen
As I look at you and dream?
Earthling to Alien Being,
Unknown but still a bond,
Together sing. 

​MW


​
One hundred years of wisdom:

Is is from one inert mass to another inert mass of matter that life precariously journeys.

Change is never ceasing, and ever surprising!

But for change, there would be no time. 

Acceptance, notwithstanding and in spite of, is life's ultimate panacea.

All that ends, must have had a beginning
.

Cosmically viewed, a human life is but a sublime trick of time.

All is what it is, because all was what it was.

All is flux, not state and change. 


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I don't wonder, I don't ponder,
​Though I may whine and pine.

2 Comments
Gail MacDonald
10/26/2022 01:07:52 pm

I like the title, "On Beyond". Excellent poems - "Look to the Sky" is good advice for refreshing one's soul & resetting a point of view to a more positive outlook. You chose outstanding photos - the one on the lowest left is particularly amazing.

Such a good photo of handsome contemplative JM. His 100-year wisdoms - my favorite is the one about life's journeys.

Piccola has the last word, as she relaxes, perhaps contemplating how soon she can wheedle another forbidden treat from JM.

Thank you for all the enjoyment your PITG provides.

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Emma Nation
10/26/2022 04:30:08 pm

These are fabulous rock and roll lyrics, especially "The scientists theorize....the artists fantasize." I mean, that's solid gold.

Sober take on the Pillars of Creation.

Astronomers are windows into the past when it comes to naming their discoveries after humans and their gods. Mark Twain said humans, at best, were a sort of "nickle-plated angel". His asteroid is #2362.

A very inspiring issue, thank you!

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