Harley White Poems

Once I was sand dab small
urchin of the tides
shrieking with the gulls
on my blanket of sand
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Seldom are insects my poetry themes
though butterflies have been versified twice,
but the jewel bug is a type that gleams
with hues iridescent to eyes entice.
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In the dynasty Han Chinese
nearly two thousand years ago,
sky-watchers could witness with ease
a guest star's empyreal show.
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Midst photographs that ‘changed the world'
I spied the Nebula Pencil
with linear shape wooden burled
evoking writing utensil.
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There's a lake of luminescence
in this stunning Vela scene,
whose radiant nebula essence
resembles pool aquamarine.
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A pair of blue wings is hovering
against the inky black covering
within ‘Little Fox' constellation
of Vulpecula designation,
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Let's suppose there was a man
who when but a youngster ran
far away from all he knew—
father, home, and country, too—
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Is space-time a fabric that stretches and strains,
like a grass harp ruffling across the great plains,
when the force of a huge body in motion
makes waves akin to the billowing ocean?
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What's going on in stellar skies
perchance eludes our earthly eyes
or mortal minds to e'er discern
regardless how we strain and yearn
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A galaxy lensed with a prolix name
shows as three within the frame,
the third distorted in center of view
like bridge twixt the other two.
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