Words
• 05/10/22 at 12:02PM •Words
all jumbled
in my mind.
Words
are hard
and most unkind.
Words
when they
arrive once more.
Words
of adieu
making you soar.
Words
all jumbled
in my mind.
Words
are hard
and most unkind.
Words
when they
arrive once more.
Words
of adieu
making you soar.
Dark were the Willows
at the end of the street,
by the intersection where
two roads joined to meet.
Street lights are gone
and no longer work,
so you can't see the potholes,
and your car will bounce and jerk.
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What's that passing in front of the Sun? It looks like a moon, but it can't be Earth's Moon, because it isn't round. It's the Martian moon Phobos. The featured video was taken from the surface of Mars a month ago by the Perseverance rover. Phobos, at 11.5 kilometers across, is 150 times smaller than Luna (our moon) in diameter, but also 50 times closer to its parent planet. In fact, Phobos is so close to Mars that it is expected to break up and crash into Mars within the next 50 million years. In the near term, the low orbit of Phobos results in more rapid solar eclipses than seen from Earth. The featured video is shown in real time -- the transit really took about 40 seconds,as shown. The videographer -- the robotic rover Perseverance (Percy) -- continues to explore Jezero Crater on Mars, searching not only for clues to the watery history of the now dry world, but evidence of ancient microbial life. New Social Mirror: APOD now available on mastodon
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:
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Lazy was I,
intolerant of self.
Longing to leave,
running far away,
but I cannot do
this to her
or myself.
Muster the courage,
sometimes missing
in your soul
and make a new
try at a new goal.
My greatest fear.
My greatest sorrow.
Worrying about if you
will be here tomorrow.
How is life today?
Can love overcome it all?
When those hurtful feelings
have come to call?
Can we still love today,
after broken promises
are back to stay?
Please tell me,
I need to know,
if love will fail
or continue to grow.
If I were hanged on the highest hill,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
I know whose love would follow me still,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
If I were drowned in the deepest sea,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
I know whose tears would come down to me,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
If I were damned of body and soul,
I know whose prayers would make me whole,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
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This poem is in the public domain
I'll love you tomorrow,
as I did yesterday,
for you are my life
and cherish you, I will,
until the dawn breaks
while a new day comes,
bringing a tomorrow
as if we were young.