Who sees the most beautiful stars, the poet or the astronomer? ( Archived) (17)

Jul 23, 2008 8:28 AM CST Who sees the most beautiful stars, the poet or the astronomer?
dillydally
dillydallydillydallyBehind the hills and Burns ..., Strathclyde, Scotland UK57 Threads 2,697 Posts
The astronomer rips off her glasses, tosses them onto her workbench
and closes her eyes to force the thousands of pinpricks of light she can't really see
to manifest from the dot-matrix printouts scattered around her like the
remnants of a ticker-tape parade for creatures much bigger than her,
and waits for the numbers to coalesce into something beautiful.

She's been scanning the same distant corner of the night sky for six months
because she knows, she just knows that there's something there.
There has to be something there because the math is wrong;
a radiative fluctuation with no perceived cause has been poking at her brain,
a flashlight with dying batteries shined in her direction from eighty light-years away.
Tomorrow she'll put in a request for another hour of telescope time,
crank the massive array a fraction of a degree to the west and try again,
with fresh coffee and newly-sharpened pencils and Aphex Twin on the stereo.

The poet steps out onto his roof and looks up through the city haze at pinpricks of light
he can't really see, and lights a cigarette and closes his eyes and takes comfort in believing
that what he suddenly sees will be proved, some day, by scientists with pencils in their hair.


what say you ?? conversing
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Jul 23, 2008 8:30 AM CST Who sees the most beautiful stars, the poet or the astronomer?
shipoker55
shipoker55shipoker55St. Petersburg, Florida USA211 Threads 2 Polls 9,362 Posts
I want some of whatever you are smoking!!!devil
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Jul 23, 2008 8:33 AM CST Who sees the most beautiful stars, the poet or the astronomer?
dillydally
dillydallydillydallyBehind the hills and Burns ..., Strathclyde, Scotland UK57 Threads 2,697 Posts
shipoker55: I want some of whatever you are smoking!!!



that would be earl grey laugh
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Jul 23, 2008 9:16 AM CST Who sees the most beautiful stars, the poet or the astronomer?
joshua5599
joshua5599joshua5599fot hood, Texas USA1 Threads 22 Posts
well ...the old saying that beauty is in the eye of the beholder is true... and holds true for both the astronomer and poet... but the astronomer is too concerned with details... where, when, how far off, what the star is composed of... the poet is only concerned with the fact that they exist... and he is happy in knowing that simple fact...he sees more beautiful stars by using his heart. the same holds true in life... if you get too into details... you miss the big picture, and alot of times the big picture is beautiful. the answer of a hopeless romantic i guess...
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Jul 23, 2008 9:37 AM CST Who sees the most beautiful stars, the poet or the astronomer?
alabamabebe
alabamabebealabamabebeBanks of the Warrior River, Alabama USA66 Threads 3 Polls 4,404 Posts
joshua5599: well ...the old saying that beauty is in the eye of the beholder is true... and holds true for both the astronomer and poet... but the astronomer is too concerned with details... where, when, how far off, what the star is composed of... the poet is only concerned with the fact that they exist... and he is happy in knowing that simple fact...he sees more beautiful stars by using his heart. the same holds true in life... if you get too into details... you miss the big picture, and alot of times the big picture is beautiful. the answer of a hopeless romantic i guess...
thumbs up

The most beautiful stars are those you see looking in your lover's eyes. love heart wings

It's been cloudy a while. sigh
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Jul 23, 2008 9:42 AM CST Who sees the most beautiful stars, the poet or the astronomer?
sxc666
sxc666sxc666unknown, Queensland Australia51 Threads 16,853 Posts
Zeelander: Welcome to my world..... posted 17 threads and had 73 posts.

I would have to say that the person that sees the most beautiful stars is the man that his hit in the head with a frying pan by his loving wife.

Zee
rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
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Jul 23, 2008 10:53 AM CST Who sees the most beautiful stars, the poet or the astronomer?
alex_192
alex_192alex_192sarasota, USA38 Threads 1,271 Posts
dillydally: The astronomer rips off her glasses, tosses them onto her workbench
and closes her eyes to force the thousands of pinpricks of light she can't really see
to manifest from the dot-matrix printouts scattered around her like the
remnants of a ticker-tape parade for creatures much bigger than her,
and waits for the numbers to coalesce into something beautiful.

She's been scanning the same distant corner of the night sky for six months
because she knows, she just knows that there's something there.
There has to be something there because the math is wrong;
a radiative fluctuation with no perceived cause has been poking at her brain,
a flashlight with dying batteries shined in her direction from eighty light-years away.
Tomorrow she'll put in a request for another hour of telescope time,
crank the massive array a fraction of a degree to the west and try again,
with fresh coffee and newly-sharpened pencils and Aphex Twin on the stereo.

The poet steps out onto his roof and looks up through the city haze at pinpricks of light
he can't really see, and lights a cigarette and closes his eyes and takes comfort in believing
that what he suddenly sees will be proved, some day, by scientists with pencils in their hair.what say you ??



me when i am able to see the eyes of my beloved one
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Jul 23, 2008 10:57 AM CST Who sees the most beautiful stars, the poet or the astronomer?
Becareful Alex your beloved one may make you see stars.


rolling on the floor laughing
alex_192: me when i am able to see the eyes of my beloved one
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Jul 23, 2008 11:05 AM CST Who sees the most beautiful stars, the poet or the astronomer?
alex_192
alex_192alex_192sarasota, USA38 Threads 1,271 Posts
somechick: Becareful Alex your beloved one may make you see stars.


my beloved one is nice, sweet and lovely
yes she will make me see stars as i said before
she will make me feel like in heaven
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Jul 23, 2008 11:08 AM CST Who sees the most beautiful stars, the poet or the astronomer?
Just teasing you.



I'm in a real good mood today.


wave

alex_192: my beloved one is nice, sweet and lovely
yes she will make me see stars as i said before
she will make me feel like in heaven
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Jul 23, 2008 11:09 AM CST Who sees the most beautiful stars, the poet or the astronomer?
alex_192
alex_192alex_192sarasota, USA38 Threads 1,271 Posts
somechick: Just teasing you.
I'm in a real good mood today.


now i am confused

do yuo mean i wil not see stars each time i will loke at the eyes of my beloved one

how do you know my feelings?
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Jul 23, 2008 11:13 AM CST Who sees the most beautiful stars, the poet or the astronomer?
No Alex not at all.

I wasn't picking on you.

I was cracking a funny.

You know when someone wacks someone side the head in cartoons and all of a sudden they see stars?


alex_192: now i am confused

do yuo mean i wil not see stars each time i will loke at the eyes of my beloved one

how do you know my feelings?
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Jul 23, 2008 11:17 AM CST Who sees the most beautiful stars, the poet or the astronomer?
alex_192
alex_192alex_192sarasota, USA38 Threads 1,271 Posts
somechick: No Alex not at all.

I wasn't picking on you.

I was cracking a funny.

You know when someone wacks someone side the head in cartoons and all of a sudden they see stars?


no i dont

i am not a cartoon

besides that my beloved onw is nice and sweet
she will not wack me side on the head
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Jul 23, 2008 11:26 AM CST Who sees the most beautiful stars, the poet or the astronomer?
arabella
arabellaarabellaNear Farmington, Maine USA98 Threads 1 Polls 6,199 Posts
alex_192: no i dont

i am not a cartoon

besides that my beloved onw is nice and sweet
she will not wack me side on the head


somechick was being FRIENDLY!!!!!!!
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Jul 23, 2008 11:28 AM CST Who sees the most beautiful stars, the poet or the astronomer?
Ambrose2007
Ambrose2007Ambrose2007BFE, South Dakota USA67 Threads 10 Polls 8,881 Posts
shipoker55: I want some of whatever you are smoking!!!


I have what she's smoking, and I'm still befuddled!help laugh wave
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Jul 23, 2008 11:29 AM CST Who sees the most beautiful stars, the poet or the astronomer?
alex_192
alex_192alex_192sarasota, USA38 Threads 1,271 Posts
arabella: somechick was being FRIENDLY!!!!!!!


yes i know

and i dont see i was rude at all

you forgot you said you will not talk to me any more, that you will report me instead

but what can i expect from some one that is a friend of the person that posted 2 of my personal e-mails in a thread
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Jul 23, 2008 11:35 AM CST Who sees the most beautiful stars, the poet or the astronomer?
arabella
arabellaarabellaNear Farmington, Maine USA98 Threads 1 Polls 6,199 Posts
alex_192: yes i know

and i dont see i was rude at all

you forgot you said you will not talk to me any more, that you will report me instead

but what can i expect from some one that is a friend of the person that posted 2 of my personal e-mails in a thread


Look You.....

I'm no friend of any trouble maker on here.

And I'm no part of any "gang" as you say.

I am sick and tired of your attacks.

I have been part of these forums from the beginning.

I have never been known to be anything but upfront.

And yes, I sure as heck will keep reporting you !!
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