"I LOOKED and SAW the FLYING EARTH..."

"Stars over snow and in the west a planet swinging below a star, look for a lovely thing and you will find it. It is not gar. It never will be far...." -Sara Teasdale

"I STOOD upon a STAR"  (Sara Teasdale)

I stretched my mind until I stood out in space, upon a star.....

I looked, and saw the flying earth

Where seven planets are.

Delicately interweaving like fireflies.

The planetoids among the planets

Played for their own delight.

I watched earth putting off her winter and slipping into green

I saw the dark side of the moon

No man has ever seen.

Like shining wheels in an opened watch

They all revolved ..................

with soundless motion

Earth sparkled like a rain-wet flower

Bearing her petals, 

Plain and ocean

Photographs 2023