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The Sodden Astronomer
They say, Do not look at the stars,
or you will step into holes
and sink your shoes in mud.
So you can keep your eyes
fixed on the ground,
safe from puddles,
safe from falling,
and miss the lights
burning above in the dark—
except for a stolen glance,
a hurried sip of heaven.
Or you can throw
caution to the wind,
lift your thirsty face
to those bright jewels
sewn into black velvet,
and stumble on
with wet feet.October 27, 1988 (edited June 2026)
Curridabat, Costa RicaPart of the continuing Respectful American series, a selection of writings from my travel journals from Central America in 1988
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The Sodden Astronomer
They say, Do not look at the stars,
or you will step into holes
and sink your shoes in mud.
So you can keep your eyes
fixed on the ground,
safe from puddles,
safe from falling,
and miss the lights
burning above in the dark—
except for a stolen glance,
a hurried sip of heaven.
Or you can throw
caution to the wind,
lift your thirsty face
to those bright jewels
sewn into black velvet,
and stumble on
with wet feet.October 27, 1988 (edited June 2026)
Curridabat, Costa RicaPart of the continuing Respectful American series, a selection of writings from my travel journals from Central America in 1988
9.927128-84.082012 San Jose, Costa Rica #1988 #astronomyMetaphor #awe #Beauty #blackVelvetSky #CentralAmerica #ContemplativePoetry #Courage #CreativeWriting #dreamers #Dreaming #earthAndHeaven #HereAreSomeWordPressTagsForThePoemSoddenAstronomer #Hope #Imagination #jewelsInTheDarkness #lookingUp #mudAndStars #mysticalPoetry #night #NightSky #poeticImage #POETICAORAREContemplativePoetryPrayers #Poetry #ProsePoem #Risk #SpiritualReflection #stargazing #stars #symbolicPoetry #walkingByFaith #wetFeet #Wonder #wonderAndCaution #Writing -
An Introduction to Stargazing and the Stellarium App, recorded last night 🌠🌌🌃
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👀 The Stellar Forge — Hubble reveals the stunning detail of this…
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Hubble Top 100: The Stellar Fo... -
☄️ Hubble sees galaxies galore — a galaxy millions of light-years…
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Hubble Top 100: Hubble sees ga... -
💫 Magnetic monster NGC 1275 — one of Hubble's most spectacular…
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Hubble Top 100: Magnetic monst... -
🚀 New infrared view of the Horsehead Nebula — Hubble reveals the…
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Hubble Top 100: New infrared v... -
☄️ Antennae Galaxies reloaded — one of Hubble's most spectacular…
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Hubble Top 100: Antennae Galax... -
🪐 The Bubble Nebula — Hubble reveals the stunning detail of this…
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Hubble Top 100: The Bubble Neb... -
✨ Hubble's view of Extreme star cluster bursts into life shows…
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Hubble Top 100: Extreme star c... -
🚀 Galaxy NGC 2525 — a galaxy millions of light-years away,…
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Hubble Top 100: Galaxy NGC 252... -
✨ Rings of Relativity — a galaxy millions of light-years away,…
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Hubble Top 100: Rings of Relat... -
🪐 New view of the Pillars of Creation — visible — Hubble reveals…
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Hubble Top 100: New view of th... -
🪐 Westerlund 2 — Hubble's 25th anniversary image — a glittering…
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Hubble Top 100: Westerlund 2 —... -
👀 This Hubble image of Tapestry of Blazing Starbirth shows star…
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Hubble Top 100: Tapestry of Bl... -
🌌 This Hubble image of Hubble's View of Jupiter and Europa in…
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Hubble Top 100: Hubble's View ... -
✨ Spiral, elliptical, irregular — one of Hubble's most spectacular…
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Hubble Top 100: Spiral, ellipt... -
🌙 Hubble's view of A Spiral in Profile reveals the beauty of distant…
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Hubble Top 100: A Spiral in Pr... -
🌌 Open Arms — a galaxy millions of light-years away, captured by…
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💫 A Waterfall of Stars — a glittering cluster of stars captured by…
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Hubble Top 100: A Waterfall of... -
☄️ Abell 1703 — galaxy cluster — a galaxy millions of light-years…
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Hubble Top 100: Abell 1703 — g... -
👀 WFC3 image of the Carina Nebula — Hubble reveals the stunning…
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Hubble Top 100: WFC3 image of ... -
🌌 Variable star RS Puppis — a stellar phenomenon captured by the…
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Hubble Top 100: Variable star ... -
👀 Jupiter and its shrunken Great Red Spot — a stunning Hubble…
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Hubble Top 100: Jupiter and it... -
🔭 Spiral galaxy M81 — one of Hubble's most spectacular galaxy images
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Hubble Top 100: Spiral galaxy ... -
☄️ Hubble's view of Sharpest ever view of the Andromeda Galaxy…
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Hubble Top 100: Sharpest ever ... -
Hubble's view of Hubble image of NGC 7714 reveals the beauty of…
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Hubble Top 100: Hubble image o... -
🌌 The Twin Jet Nebula — Hubble reveals the stunning detail of this…
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Hubble Top 100: The Twin Jet N... -
🚀 Revisiting the Veil Nebula — a stellar nursery captured in…
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Hubble Top 100: Revisiting the... -
🔭 This Hubble image of Alien aurorae on Uranus shows our solar…
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Hubble Top 100: Alien aurorae ... -
🌙 NGC 1512 and NGC 1510 — a galaxy millions of light-years away,…
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Hubble Top 100: NGC 1512 and N... -
👀 A snowstorm of stars — a glittering cluster of stars captured by…
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Hubble Top 100: A snowstorm of... -
💫 Standout stars — Hubble brings this star cluster to life
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🔭 Different generations of stars — Hubble brings this star cluster to…
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Hubble Top 100: Different gene... -
🌙 The Inky Abyss — Hubble reveals the stunning detail of this cosmic…
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Hubble Top 100: The Inky Abyss -
🔭 This Hubble image captures The Death of a Star in stunning detail
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Hubble Top 100: The Death of a... -
🌙 This Hubble image of Impact zones on Jupiter shows our solar system…
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Hubble Top 100: Impact zones o... -
🔭 A reflection nebula in Orion — Hubble reveals the stunning detail of…
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Hubble Top 100: A reflection n... -
🔭 Hubble's view of Abell 2218 — gravitational lensing reveals the…
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Hubble Top 100: Abell 2218 — g... -
🌙 Spectacular Hubble view of Centaurus A — a galaxy millions of…
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Hubble Top 100: Spectacular Hu... -
🪐 Hubble's view of Hubble image of Messier 77 reveals the beauty of…
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Hubble Top 100: Hubble image o... -
🌙 New Hubble image of NGC 2174 — Hubble reveals the stunning detail of…
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Hubble Top 100: New Hubble ima... -
☄️ This Hubble image of Turquoise-tinted plumes in the Large Magellanic…
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Hubble Top 100: Turquoise-tint... -
🪐 Jupiter's swirling colourful clouds — a stunning Hubble portrait of…
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Hubble Top 100: Jupiter's swir... -
This Hubble image of Through the Clouds shows star birth in action
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Hubble Top 100: Through the Cl... -
🌌 Hubble's view of Galaxy playing twister reveals the beauty of distant…
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Hubble Top 100: Galaxy playing... -
🌙 Star formation in neighbouring galaxy — one of Hubble's most…
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Hubble Top 100: Star formation... -
☄️ This Hubble image of Collision leaves giant Jupiter bruised shows…
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Hubble Top 100: Collision leav... -
🪐 Hubble image of the Ring Nebula M57 — Hubble reveals the stunning…
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Hubble Top 100: Hubble image o... -
🦄✨ Ah, the elusive Star Axis! It seems the real cosmic journey here is setting a user agent 🐢 and navigating the labyrinth of robot policies. Who knew #stargazing required a PhD in Wikipedia bureaucracy? 🚀🔍
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