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Phys­i­cists in Swe­den say they have man­aged to cre­ate light from vac­u­um, the clos­est thing to emp­ty space known to ex­ist.

© Copyright 1967, 1983, 1994 by Yael R. Dragwyla

This poem was originally published in a student publication of the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1968, and again in the Goleta Valley Sun in 1983

The day is
A second-order equation
In two variables:
Light
And darkness.

a2L2 + b2D2 = k ( Read more... )

Today was gorgeous. The sky was a brilliant blue, with some big, fluffy cumuli on the horizon but not threatening rain, the air was clean and crisp, and there were mild, cool breezes that offset the heat. A true Summer day ( Read more... )

A few minutes ago, I happened to glance out my eastern glass doors, and saw what seemed to be a vast strip of gauze hanging between Aurora Avenue North and the hills about a mile to the east of here. It was glowing, radiant in the light of the westering Sun. It made everything east of it look fuzzy and indistinct. There was a rainbow arching ( Read more... )