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Identity Card of
the Solar System
Place of birth and
address:
The Milky Way.
Ancestors: The Big Bang.
Personal description: a sacred body,
Nine planets and tens of satellites,
Thousands of asteroids and comets,
Gambolling meteoric matter.
Liberated by the Police Department
Of the Series
Of the Principal Stars.
(published
in "Astronomical Calendar 1999"
by Guy Ottewell- sponsored by Furman
University and Astronomical League, USA)
Magnificent Dreamer
Don Quijote is not dead.
The windmill threw him
Into the sky.
Now he is fighting
Space monsters,
Crossing his lance
With tails
Of meteors and comets,
And looking for Dulcinea,
The most beautiful star.
(published
in "Meteors", the magazine
of the Society of Meteor and Comet Observers
of Spain - SOMYCE, 1998)
Belt of Asteroids
Was Planet Phaeton here,
Destroyed by a cosmic disaster?
Phaeton, the son of Helius,
Was a bad charioteer
And Zeus killed him.
Was Planet Phaeton here,
Between Mars and Jupiter?
Every night
Mysterious small planets
Play a ring dance
And compose for us
This tragical story,
Gravitational solidarity.
(published in
"Astronomia" - the
magazine of the Israeli Astronomical
Association, 2000 - by Ilan Manulis, the first Israeliman
who gave his name to an asteroid)
Total Solar Eclipse
Is this a dragon biting the stars?
Is the cromosphere ill?
Is this a revolt of sunspots?
Is the photosphere ashamed?
Is this the Moon kissing the Sun?
O, not at all!
It’s just the shadow
Of the satellite
Playing with the fire!
(published in "Astronomical Calendar
2001"
by Guy Ottewell- sponsored by Furman
University and Astronomical League, USA)
Meteoroids, Meteors, Meteorites
METEOROIDS-
Out in the void
They wait for
A bright love touch
With the atmosphere…
METEORS-
Spherical fires
In cosmic baseball…
METEORITES-
Aerolites- flying sculptures…
Siderolites- acrobatic ores…
Tektites- material meditations…
MY MIND HIDES
A FRIENDLY CRATER!
(published in "Proceedings of the IMC
Petnica 1997", edited by the International
Meteor Organization)
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