So the purpose of this blog is to be a space to practice creativity. I am currently using it as a place to record a single, unedited poem for each day in 2019. While I attempt to write everyday, I may not actually post daily. Instead, I will post poems as they are completed, but one for everyday of the year. Not sure I can make it, but we'll see. It's fun to try regardless :)

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Poem: April 11, 2019

Black Hole

So now we've seen it, we have
the photograph in our hands,
taken with a camera that spanned
across our planet, and even
with that, the resolution
is as disappointing as it is
impressive. I know, I know,
we've been spoiled and we ask
too much. Imagine the great
distances, the logistics, and
the fact that someone decided
that what couldn't be done, could,
and what shouldn't be seen would
be seen if we just looked together
with purpose into the night,
far away into that dark eye.
And that is what it calls to mind,
the fiery golden smudge of an iris,
the perfect, impossible pupil,
inscrutable and dark, a circle
in which one might get lost
looking for some meaning
too dense to be given words.


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