More diamonds and rubies
strewn across the night sky
than are found on Earth
Photo from the JWST.
To celebrate the Sorta-Sonnets posted on Whispers & Echoes, I stole two lines from each of the seven published works and made a pastiche of them. Check it out.
About Bartholomew Barker
Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, a collection of poets in the Triangle region of North Carolina where he has hosted a monthly feedback workshop for more than decade. His first poetry collection, Wednesday Night Regular, written in and about strip clubs, was published in 2013. His second, Milkshakes and Chilidogs, a chapbook of food inspired poetry was served in 2017. He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2021. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he lives and writes poetry.
Bartholomew Barker, Poet 
One day soon
After minig the earth dry
There’ll no more rubies
And we’ll be another dead moon
In the sky
Wondering how and why
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That day’s coming very soon.
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sadly so Bart ..
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Here’s something…..
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Nice one. Thanks for sharing.
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Glorious night sky!
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And it’s even more glorious since we invented telescopes.
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True,.it captures what the naked eye cannot see.
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Wouldn’t it be cool if we had eyes the size of dinner plates?! Think of how many more stars we’d see.
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On the other hand, we will also see many more germs and microcreatures. 😸
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Not necessarily. It would depend up our corneas. Just bigger eyes (specifically pupils) would allow us to collect more light and thus perceive fainter stars. Sorry to get technical with the optics, it’s just something I’ve wondered about for years while looking up.
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Good to know and learn insights, thank you!
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I saw the pics yesterday from that outer space telescope of 13 bya, the first pics of the universe right after the big bang and it looked a lot like this. A star factory. But those things are unimaginably far away. But I like the hope in this one. We should DARE to hope. And that takes trust. There’s so much we don’t know.
Well, you got me waxing philosophic. So, Thanks
Mary
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Thanks for reading, Mary.
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Brilliant Fraiku, Bart. Love the James Webb Telescope picture. I am excited to see more. ❤❌❤
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Yeah, we’re in for a treat over the next few years.
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❌❤❌
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Beautiful once again and just perfect for a Friday night in a mid July sky 🌌 thank you 😊
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Lucky you. I’m under cloudy skies tonight.
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I hope your night sky is clear this evening! 🙏😊
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It must’ve cleared before dawn because I’m dealing with a bright sunny morning. ugh.
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😅 I hope your day was still enjoyable and grand! 😊
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Thank you. I hope you have a fun evening ahead.
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I also appreciate and enjoyed your pastiche poem for the SortaSonnet submissions, lovely writing and such a talent!! 💕😊
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The talent is all on your side and your fellow contributors. I just mashed it together.
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💝😊
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>>Wouldn’t it be cool if we had eyes the size of dinner plates?!>>
No. That would not be cool! But you have a nice haiku.
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Admittedly, we’d have to live underground during the day but the nights would be preciouss!
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LOL
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