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Tag: Astronomer

Rebecca Elson
Uncategorized

Rebecca Elson – Antidotes to Fear of Death

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Vanessa Able

Rebecca Elson was an astronomer whose poetry expressed the wonder she felt for her own existence and for the universe she had spent her life studying.

Tagged Astronomer, awe, form, infinity, Poetry, scale, Universe, whole, wonder7 Comments
Walt Whitman
American Poetry, Poetry

Walt Whitman – When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer

February 19, 2020February 20, 2020 Vanessa Able

When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer encapsulates Walt Whitman's approach to the world: silent, solitary and mystical.

Tagged American Poetry, Astronomer, Poem, Poetry, Silence, Stars, Walt Whitman3 Comments

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