Looking Back
for the James Webb Space Telescope
Far past the dark side of the moon
Never again to feel the warmth
Of human breath or touch
I need absolute cold for my work
To stare for days unblinking
Sift light into colors
Note the birth of galaxies
And the death of stars
Ancient light rusted red
High above your chaotic atmosphere
Safe and proud— but oh so alone
Last night my Rotary Club hosted Ray Lucas, a graduate of Orange High School, who’s now a scientist with the Space Telescope Science Institute and he told us all about the James Webb Space Telescope.
Bartholomew Barker, Poet 
But yet not fully alone….
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True. We humans will still be ordering him around.
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That last couplet…. stop making me cry about inanimate objects!
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Just doing my job, ma’am.
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I always wonder … are there other Universes
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Depends on how we define Universe. If the Universe is all there is then, by definition, no. But if the Universe is just what came from the Big Bang then maybe though it’ll be really hard to detect.
Of course, just a hundred years ago, we humans didn’t think other galaxies existed. We thought they were just nebulae within the Milky Way.
Science progresses!
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Maybe I’ll have to progress and redefine my view of the universe to see beyond the outer limits of my blade of grass 🌏
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What did Blake write?
“To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour”
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Thank you for these sublime words from Blake ..
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