The sky was afire
As the sun set
And I sat and marvelled at it
How insignificant I felt
A black silhouette
Against a riot of colour
And a bird flew by
In farewell
© Caro Ness 2015
A World Anew
04 Friday Sep 2015
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Life Story
02 Wednesday Sep 2015
Posted in poetry
I wrote the story of my life
In pencil,
So I could erase
The moments
I stumbled, crumpled,
And got kicked
When I was down.
I then rewrote them,
In a firmer hand,
With hope, and love,
And joy in my heart,
And stepped into
A brighter future.
© Caro Ness 2015
Collinder 399
31 Monday Aug 2015
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For obvious reasons
Often known as
The Coathanger
Collinder 399
Is a chance star projection
Or asterism
That is wider than the full moon
And lies in the constellation
Of the Fox (Vulpecula)
© Caro Ness 2015
Photograph: Friends of NASA
Cordoba
29 Saturday Aug 2015
Posted in poetry
A riot of colour
Flowers everywhere you look
In hanging baskets
In vases
In small containers
And planters
Welcome to Córdoba!
© Caro Ness 2015
A Meteor Shower
27 Thursday Aug 2015
Posted in poetry
The sky didn’t fall
But tiny pieces of comet dust did
The Perseids meteor shower
Was captured by time lapse photography
Over Mount Rainier in Washington, D.C.
Each meteor train only lasts a second
Yet here all are captured for posterity
As they leave their colour signature behind them
And disintegrate into the Earth’s atmosphere.
© Caro Ness 2015
Picture: Friends of NASA
The Fallen Tree
25 Tuesday Aug 2015
Posted in poetry
A fallen tree,
Its roots nourished
By the lake
Into which it has fallen
Struggling to reach the light.
Its trunk
Bleached
By years of immersion
In the lake.
It points
Toward a brighter future
As the sun sets
To bathe it
In its afterglow
And stain the waters
As it dies for the night.
© Caro Ness 2015
Picture originally posted by AnaKiN SkyWaLKeR
Proton Arc
23 Sunday Aug 2015
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There’s a proton arc down through the skies,
It’s a delight, a mystery, a wondrous surprise.
A bombardment of protons on to the earth’s crust,
That lasted thirty minutes (just).
For the enthusiast, a very rare sight,
That brightened the Milky Way that night.
© Caro Ness 2015
A Cat Asks For Help
21 Friday Aug 2015
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I climbed up here, and now I’m stuck!
No idea how to descend, it’s just my luck!
I’ve tried looking down but it gives me the hives,
Because I’ve already used 8 of my 9 lives!
So I’ll stick my head firmly between my legs
It makes it less scary, but I’m still going to beg!
Please lift me down, I can’t make that descent,
So your arrival is just heaven-sent!
© Caro Ness 2015
The Path
19 Wednesday Aug 2015
Posted in poetry
The path stretched out,
Beyond my view,
But one thing is certain,
It leads to you!
You and our home,
A place of calm and peace,
A rural idyll,
A sweet release.
copyright Caro Ness
Sunrise Over The Lake
17 Monday Aug 2015
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As the sun rose,
It flushed across the water
Turning each wave
To molten gold.
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