Telescope
by Mark R Slaughter
Why?
Frozen fingers fiddled on the focus
Dew dripped
Dark hindered
Constellations laughed –
Not least that I was daft –
And made me wonder:
“Why?”
As nostrils dripped, charts rung damp,
I tripped across the tripod,
Swore – either that or cry!
You’d HAVE to question:
“Why?”
The once-hot chocolate lost its charm,
I dropped an eyepiece,
Scratched a filter,
Neighbours’ lights were off and on
And on and off, to goad a sigh;
I’m asking loudly:
“Why?”
And then I found it –
O! the view; behold! the need for depth of night! –
These beauteous heavens out of sight
From straining naked eyes.
Imagination fires a flame –
Sanity free of any blame –
This childish verve to never tame:
My telescope is not a game –
It answers all the “Why’s?”
Copyright ©: Mark R Slaughter
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Chosen by William Butler Yeats
- The Stwonen Bwoy Upon The Pillar by William Barnes
- Secrecy Protested. by Thomas Carew
- Николай Языков – Романс (Угрюм стоит дремучий лес)
- Олег Григорьев – Дружба
- Омар Хайям – О мудрец, если тот или этот дурак
- To a Very Wise Man by Siegfried Sassoon
- Спиридон Дрожжин – Смерть коня-пахаря
- Владимир Гиппиус – Друг, скажу тебе несказанное
- Batty by Shel Silverstein
- Inscription For A Stone Erected At The Sowing Of A Grove Of Oaks At Chillington, Anno 1790 by William Cowper
- The Gallery poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- Election Ballad for Westerha’ by Robert Burns
- Since There Is No Escape by Sara Teasdale
- Denner’s Old Woman by William Cowper
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
