by Shanna Baldwin-Moore (sbm) & John Daleiden (jd)
comet dust falls
from the milky way
another century /sbm
from the milky way
another century /sbm
stargazer, reader of omens /sbm
divining tea leaves at breakfast /jd
divining tea leaves at breakfast /jd
the ultimate end,
catastrophic sky rocks—
the roses wither /jd
catastrophic sky rocks—
the roses wither /jd
in Renhai Studio
Archive Id: 45
Shanna Baldwin-Moore: USA
John Daleiden: USA
Written: May 15-16, 2008
Theme: Prophetic prediction
Season: All Season
Kigo: n/a
Verse Form: Free
Process: Forward
Links 1/2: Comet dust & milky way / Stargazer & Divining.
Links 2/3: Omens & Divining / Ultimate end & Catastrophic.
Links 3/1: Wither / Century: here we have a juxtaposition of opposite — instead of additional centuries of time, we have an end of time as we know it.
Notes: The theme's prophetic prediction is of the end of life on earth as it is now known.
"The Last Rose of Summer" is a poem by Irish poet Thomas Moore, who was a friend of Byron and Shelley. Moore wrote it in 1805 while at Jenkinstown Park in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Sir John Stevenson set the poem to its beautiful melody and it was published in a collection of Moore's work called Irish Melodies (1807-34). It was made popular in the twenty first century in a recording by Charlotte Church and the Irish Tenors.
Comments about these verses:
Verse 2: Line 1: The "stargazer" who reads "omens" is a person seeking to know the future by looking into the depths of the physical universe, the galactic realms; from observations the "stargazer" can read omens; in Line 2, the same skill, "divining" the future by reading "tea leaves", is employed, but this time in a more confined time frame, "at breakfast". Hence, the two lines immerse the reader in the micro and macro frames of time.
Verse 1: The images "comet dust" and "milky way" are linked to "stargazer", verse 1, line 1. It is these objects that the "stargazer" sees: the "milky way" is a barred spiral galaxy. Although the Milky Way is one of billions of galaxies in the observable universe, the Milky Way Galaxy has special significance to humanity as it is the home galaxy of the planet Earth. The plane of the Milky Way galaxy is visible from Earth as a band of light in the night sky, and it is the appearance of this band of light which has inspired the name for our galaxy. A less observable object is the "comet dust" mentioned in verse 1, line 1. These two phenomena suggest an ongoing time continimum to the reader, hence, "another century". Line 3 suggests a longevity of time extending both into the past and the future. Cosmic scientists say it is extremely difficult to define the age at which the Milky Way formed, but the age of the oldest star in the Galaxy yet discovered is estimated to be about 13.2 billion years, nearly as old as the Universe itself. Thus, the two methods of fortelling the future in verse 2 seem to be suggesting a linear continumum extending through time and space as a future condition.
An omen (also called portent or presage) is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change. Interpretation of omens and prophetic signs is a form of divination. Omens may be considered "good" or "bad", but the term is more often used in a foreboding sense, as with the word "ominous".
Verse 3 is a prophetic prediction of an end to "things" as we know it now in the status quo. Verse 3 is a doomsday prediction of catastrophe on a galactic level, where the skies of the earth are bombarded with rocks from the skies. One result is the destruction of life on earth as we now know it. The "roses wither" is a symbolic acknowledgement of this life altering change. The rose was selected for inclusion in verse 3 as a symbol of longevity of life on earth. Roses have been in existence for around 32 million years.
The meaning of roses: http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Pointless/Roses.html
The rose plant has many other symbols as well, the leaves of a rose symbolize hope, a crown of roses symbolizes superior merit, and many others. I like 'The Last Rose' as a title because it has the following literary overtones:
The Last Rose of Summer is a poem by Irish poet Thomas Moore, who was a friend of Byron and Shelley. Moore wrote it in 1805 while at Jenkinstown Park in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Sir John Stevenson set the poem to its beautiful melody and it was published in a collection of Moore's work called Irish Melodies (1807-34). It was made popular in the twenty first century in a recording by Charlotte Church and the Irish Tenors.
'Tis the last rose of summer'
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone;
No flower of her kindred,
No rosebud is nigh,
To reflect back her blushes,
To give sigh for sigh.
I'll not leave thee, thou lone one!
To pine on the stem;
Since the lovely are sleeping,
Go, sleep thou with them.
Thus kindly I scatter,
Thy leaves o'er the bed,
Where thy mates of the garden
Lie scentless and dead.
So soon may I follow,
When friendships decay,
From Love's shining circle
The gems drop away.
When true hearts lie withered
And fond ones are flown,
Oh! who would inhabit,
This bleak world alone?
Shanna Baldwin-Moore: USA
John Daleiden: USA
Written: May 15-16, 2008
Theme: Prophetic prediction
Season: All Season
Kigo: n/a
Verse Form: Free
Process: Forward
Links 1/2: Comet dust & milky way / Stargazer & Divining.
Links 2/3: Omens & Divining / Ultimate end & Catastrophic.
Links 3/1: Wither / Century: here we have a juxtaposition of opposite — instead of additional centuries of time, we have an end of time as we know it.
Notes: The theme's prophetic prediction is of the end of life on earth as it is now known.
"The Last Rose of Summer" is a poem by Irish poet Thomas Moore, who was a friend of Byron and Shelley. Moore wrote it in 1805 while at Jenkinstown Park in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Sir John Stevenson set the poem to its beautiful melody and it was published in a collection of Moore's work called Irish Melodies (1807-34). It was made popular in the twenty first century in a recording by Charlotte Church and the Irish Tenors.
Comments about these verses:
Verse 2: Line 1: The "stargazer" who reads "omens" is a person seeking to know the future by looking into the depths of the physical universe, the galactic realms; from observations the "stargazer" can read omens; in Line 2, the same skill, "divining" the future by reading "tea leaves", is employed, but this time in a more confined time frame, "at breakfast". Hence, the two lines immerse the reader in the micro and macro frames of time.
Verse 1: The images "comet dust" and "milky way" are linked to "stargazer", verse 1, line 1. It is these objects that the "stargazer" sees: the "milky way" is a barred spiral galaxy. Although the Milky Way is one of billions of galaxies in the observable universe, the Milky Way Galaxy has special significance to humanity as it is the home galaxy of the planet Earth. The plane of the Milky Way galaxy is visible from Earth as a band of light in the night sky, and it is the appearance of this band of light which has inspired the name for our galaxy. A less observable object is the "comet dust" mentioned in verse 1, line 1. These two phenomena suggest an ongoing time continimum to the reader, hence, "another century". Line 3 suggests a longevity of time extending both into the past and the future. Cosmic scientists say it is extremely difficult to define the age at which the Milky Way formed, but the age of the oldest star in the Galaxy yet discovered is estimated to be about 13.2 billion years, nearly as old as the Universe itself. Thus, the two methods of fortelling the future in verse 2 seem to be suggesting a linear continumum extending through time and space as a future condition.
An omen (also called portent or presage) is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change. Interpretation of omens and prophetic signs is a form of divination. Omens may be considered "good" or "bad", but the term is more often used in a foreboding sense, as with the word "ominous".
Verse 3 is a prophetic prediction of an end to "things" as we know it now in the status quo. Verse 3 is a doomsday prediction of catastrophe on a galactic level, where the skies of the earth are bombarded with rocks from the skies. One result is the destruction of life on earth as we now know it. The "roses wither" is a symbolic acknowledgement of this life altering change. The rose was selected for inclusion in verse 3 as a symbol of longevity of life on earth. Roses have been in existence for around 32 million years.
The meaning of roses: http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Pointless/Roses.html
The rose plant has many other symbols as well, the leaves of a rose symbolize hope, a crown of roses symbolizes superior merit, and many others. I like 'The Last Rose' as a title because it has the following literary overtones:
The Last Rose of Summer is a poem by Irish poet Thomas Moore, who was a friend of Byron and Shelley. Moore wrote it in 1805 while at Jenkinstown Park in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Sir John Stevenson set the poem to its beautiful melody and it was published in a collection of Moore's work called Irish Melodies (1807-34). It was made popular in the twenty first century in a recording by Charlotte Church and the Irish Tenors.
'Tis the last rose of summer'
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone;
No flower of her kindred,
No rosebud is nigh,
To reflect back her blushes,
To give sigh for sigh.
I'll not leave thee, thou lone one!
To pine on the stem;
Since the lovely are sleeping,
Go, sleep thou with them.
Thus kindly I scatter,
Thy leaves o'er the bed,
Where thy mates of the garden
Lie scentless and dead.
So soon may I follow,
When friendships decay,
From Love's shining circle
The gems drop away.
When true hearts lie withered
And fond ones are flown,
Oh! who would inhabit,
This bleak world alone?
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