While colored rings marry some planets
our sky is the shorter, bluer end of the spectrum
scattering due to and away from the source
a wavelength stronger than the Sun
like sounds of spoken language scatter
free from us among atoms of terrestrial light.
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for dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille prompt
Episode 7 of the PoJo Show — a podcast mixing poetry, spoken word, music, and sound — is now up on the Sound Files page and on my YouTube channel. This episode is called “Beyond & Back: Punk Poetry featuring Exene Cervenka
Jedediah Smith 
This line, in particular, is just wonderful:
“like sounds of spoken language scatter”
Thanks!
The imagery is amazing here. It’s so beautiful and captivating. ❤
Thanks!
I love the way you begin your quadrille scientifically and end with scattered sounds of spoken language, Jedediah, a reminder that our words continue to exist out there in space. A comfort to poets.
thanks for reading
The science is such a perfect beginning to that end.
Communication is just as prone to diffusion as light in the sky. Nice analogy 🙂
thank you