Speaker for the stars
waxes poetic over
latest conjunction.

-- Check out an astronomer's artsy Venus/Seven Sisters (Pleiades) image and "conjunction haiku," which are posted over at NASA's Astronomy photo of the day; thanks to apod for this and many other images. Additional images of the Venus-Pleiades conjunction can be found at SpaceWeather.com.

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PoetryFoundation.org's Poetry Tool, where I've happened upon such tidbits as D.G. Rosetti's Insomnia, Swinburne's A Leave-taking, and QE1's On Monsieur's Departure - all under the single "occasion" of "farewells & good luck ( Read more... )