SUNSPOT HAIKU 2007
-by SARM and Friends-
INTRODUCTION
CITIZEN'S BAND RADIO WEATHER
skip's running
freckles on the sun
time to talk
-Marge Simon (U.S.A.,
Editor of Star*Line - Journal of the Science Fiction Poetry Association)-
ASTROPOETICAL COUNTDOWN
…5 (lines)
SUNSPOT LIMERICK
That dot on the Sun is - guess what?
That's right, it's a very dark spot.
If you're no fool,
You know that it's cool -
It's the rest of the Sun that is hot.
-Dr. David Asher (Northern Ireland,
Armagh Observatory)-
…4 (lines)
SUNSPOT QUATRAIN
I am hungry for space
And, in cooking, an ace,
So I’d eat something hot,
Probably a sunspot.
-Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (SARM)-
…3 (lines… SUPER-HAIKU!)
A SHADE OF THE SOLAR TIDES
Blindingly bright light,
cast strikingly dark against
the brilliance around it.
-Bruce Boston (U.S.A.,
the first Grand Master of science fiction poetry)-
…2 (lines)
SUNSPOT TIPURITURA
“I’m not mad or sad”, the Sun said,
“Although I have spots on my head!”
-Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (SARM)-
…1 (line)
OUT OF THE ECLIPTIC
A spot on the Sun, and the Swan is crying…
-Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (SARM)-
START!
Galileo first
to see spots on sun cried “It’s
not perfect”: love smiled.
-Steve Sneyd (U.K.,
Editor of Hilltop Press)-
.
spots of ink on the sun -
fingers of
child God
-Boris Marian (SARM)-
.
a southern blemish
three times earth's size
tomorrow's aurora
-Gerald England (U.K.,
Editor of New Hope International)-
.
Various spots
on the face of the Sun -
allergic medium
-Zigmund Tauberg (SARM)-
.
My Sun of love,
showing me your secret spots,
causes such move.
-Paul Roggemans (Belgium,
General Secretary 1988-1996 of the International Meteor Organization)-
.
Lake of light
spotted by a
dark isle
-Iulian Olaru (SARM)-
.
sun spots
through the helioscope
August storm
-Deborah P. Kolodji (U.S.A.,
President of the Science Fiction Poetry Association)-
.
Strange spots…
Does the Sun divulge
his hidden wounds?
-Dominic Diamant (SARM)-
.
Performing their dance
Across the face of the sun,
...Solar dervishes!
-Arlene Carol Brill (Turkey)-
.
sublime contrasts of colour -
stars in the night
spots on the sun
-Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (SARM)-
.
Once thought as a blemish
The spots which cover the Sun's face
Are essential for it shining.
-Dr. Geoffrey H. Grayer (U.K.,
International Meteor Organization)-
.
Sometimes the Sun
holds out his arms
and smiles with freckles
-Ion Moraru (SARM)-
.
Little black holes in the Sun:
Love-struck
by the Cupid meteor stream.
-Jean-Marc Wislez (Belgium,
International Meteor Organization)-
.
painting in fire
stellar ensigns stolen by waves -
enchanting mermaids
-Cristina Slovineanu (SARM)-
.
controlling sunspots
God's own billboard is perfect
for Coppertone ads
-David Kopaska-Merkel (U.S.A.,
Editor of Dreams and Nightmares)-
.
Sun’s nightmares
a goddess’ exorcism
solar spots
-Dan Mitrut
(Vice-President of SARM)-
.
Our bright yellow sun
Seems perfect squinting at it,
Yet spots mar its orb.
-David Turner (U.K.)-
.
Spots on the Sun -
celestial mirror
of our deeds
-Valentin Grigore
(President of SARM)-
she's 11 years
old and her freckles burn black
chasms breathe hot wind
-David Kopaska-Merkel (U.S.A.,
Editor of Dreams and Nightmares)-
.
A man saw spots
even on the Sun.
Enlightened, he went to sleep.
-Boris Marian (SARM)-
.
Sometimes our sun seems sick.
Countless sunspots look like damaging gunshots.
Only the amazing aurora would heal him.
-Jos Nijland (Holland,
International Meteor Organization)-
.
“Refreshing magnetism!
This spot is quite cold!” -
said a sunwalker.
-Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (SARM)-
.
Pimples on the Sun!
That means
… that our star is still young!
-Danut Ionescu (New Zealand,
Auckland Astronomical Society)-
.
Ample combustions?
Demonic storms?
I see just sunspots.
-Dominic Diamant (SARM)-
.
Darkness it seems but
is no nearer cold than eyes
you aim, this sunspot.
-Steve Sneyd (U.K.,
Editor of Hilltop Press)-
.
A contrast between sunlight
and something that should not be there,
but it is…
-Victor Chifelea (SARM)-
.
Those Astronomers looking at me
Describe my spots with a Butterfly Diagram
While I make the butterflies!
-Dr. Geoffrey H. Grayer (U.K.,
International Meteor Organization)-
.
How can spots exist
on the Sun?
Genetic mutations…
-Cristian Miala (SARM) and Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (SARM)-
.
A sunspot -
our star expressing
her emotions
-Simona Vaduvescu (Hawaii)-
.
hurried courage
developing on the sun
explosions with loving marks
-Cristina Slovineanu (SARM)-
.
acne outbreak
homework assignment
on sun spots
-Deborah P. Kolodji (U.S.A.,
President of the Science Fiction Poetry Association)-
.
Few tears of night
in the Eye of the Master -
illusion of dark
-Iulian Olaru (SARM)-
.
message in the spots
a benediction of storms
is her perfect face
-David Kopaska-Merkel (U.S.A.,
Editor of Dreams and Nightmares)-
.
The Sun does not see
his own spots.
Do we see ours?
-Boris Marian (SARM)-
.
Islands of change rise,
float on flamelight, pretend
us - aimed beauty spots
-Steve Sneyd (U.K.,
Editor of Hilltop Press)-
.
sun and us -
sundry visions between
light
prominences and dark spots
-Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (SARM)-
Note: The astrophotographs were taken
in 2007 April 28 by Eugen Florin Marc (in Romania),
in 2007 April 29 by Alin Tolea (in U.S.A.),
and in 2007 July 2 by Maximilian Teodorescu (in Romania).
Astro-haiku project coordinator: Andrei
Dorian Gheorghe
Design: Gabriel Ivanescu
© SARM
(Romanian Society for Meteors and Astronomy)