Andrei Dorian Gheorghe - Master of Astropoetry

Astropoem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
Design by Gabriel Ivanescu

“What can you tell me about
the Master of Astropoetry?” -
asked me a younger friend.

“I don’t think it could be
a man or a woman,”
I said,
“it should rather be
a heavenly being.

Perhaps the Sun -
shining pillar
of our existence.

Perhaps the Moon -
golden painter
of the night.

Perhaps Orion or Taurus -
the richest constellations.

Perhaps the Summer Triangle
or the Winter Triangle -
well-known artists
in celestial geometry.

Perhaps Venus or Jupiter -
proud collectors of brightness…”

“What do you say about
Polaris?”-
asked me the younger friend,
and continued:

“It is so discreet…
so modest…
but the whole canopy of heaven
turns round it,
reciting verses of light.”