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Words a tumble,
start to flow,
spiraling downward,
someplace below.

Old fashioned words,
such as thee and thou,
falling slowly with,
what, where and how.

A mass of words,
piled layers high.
in my mind they
have reached the sky.

Words as warm,
like bees in the skies,
words a tumble
love moves and flies.

Love glows,
above the gloom,
removing a coolness,
from the room.

Love can dispel,
so much hate,
yet here we are,
in a war we must abate.

Why the hate,
why the lies,
why the innocent's,
mournful sighs.
.
Is this what life,
seems to be
All the bombing,
indiscriminately.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

That bright beacon you've seen rising in the east just after sunset is Jupiter. Climbing high in midnight skies, our Solar System's ruling gas giant was at its 2023 opposition, opposite the Sun in planet Earth's sky, on November 2. But only a few days earlier, on October 28, the Moon was at its own opposition. Then both Full Moon and Jupiter could share this telephoto field of view. The celestial scene is composed from two exposures, one long and one short, blended to record bright planet and even brighter Moon during that evening's partial lunar eclipse. Moonlight shining through the thin, high clouds over northern Italy creates the colorful iridescence and lunar corona. Look closely and you'll also spot some of Jupiter's Galilean moons.

Photo by Giorgia Hofer

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Named for the southern constellation toward which most of its galaxies can be found, the Fornax Cluster is one of the closest clusters of galaxies. About 62 million light-years away, it's over 20 times more distant than our neighboring Andromeda Galaxy, but only about 10 percent farther along than the better known and more populated Virgo Galaxy Cluster. Seen across this three degree wide field-of-view, almost every yellowish splotch on the image is an elliptical galaxy in the Fornax cluster. Elliptical galaxies NGC 1399 and NGC 1404 are the dominant, bright cluster members toward the bottom center. A standout, large barred spiral galaxy, NGC 1365, is visible on the upper right as a prominent Fornax cluster member.

Photo by Marcelo Rivera

The joy I feel,
depends upon,
the amount of guilt,
I carry.

Guilt is non quantifiable,
yet I seem to carry this
burden with me.
It's not intentional.

It is reprehensible to me,
when I feel so helpless,
unable to do anything,
except provide comfort.

May life give you blessings,
wherever you go,
for our time is short,
don't always say, No.

Stay on the good side,
of the life you know,
there will be luck,
and good wishes wherever you go.

Whence came thou,
to adapt today.
You stayed here,
didn't run away.

Choose your battles,
it's not a sin,
for your goal,
should be, to win.

He awoke late morning,
about half past ten.
He had no worries,
as he had no friend.

He worked not,
at the job he held,
for he was on course,
for his journey to Hell.

"Let it be," were the
words he heard.
"You think your smart but,
you're really a Nerd."

I miss you Rae
and your lovely voice.
You moved away.
I won't rejoice.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Part of the Sun disappeared earlier this month, but few people were worried. The missing part, which included the center from some locations, just went behind the Moon in what is known as an annular solar eclipse. Featured here is an eclipse sequence taken as the Moon was overtaking the rising Sun in the sky. The foreground hill is Factory Butte in Utah, USA. The rays flaring out from the Sun are not real -- they result from camera aperture diffraction and are known as sunstar. The Moon is real, but it is artificially brightened to enhance its outline -- which helps the viewer better visualize the Moon's changing position during this ring-of-fire eclipse. As stunning as this eclipse sequence is, it was considered just practice by the astrophotographer. The reason? She hopes to use this experience to better photograph the total solar eclipse that will occur over North America on April 8, 2024. Apply today (USA): Become a NASA Partner Eclipse Ambassador Eclipse Album: Selected images sent in to APOD

Photo by MaryBeth Kiczenski