RETURN OF CHAMPIONS -
COSMOPOETRY TOURNAMENTS
FOR GLOBAL ASTRONOMY MONTH 2021 -
BOOK IV of
COSMOPOETRY DIARY IN THE PANDEMIC
CHAPTER VI (episodes 101-120)
Comments and English translations from Romanian by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
Design: Florin Alexandru Stancu
101
EMAIL TOURNAMENT WITH VALENTIN GRIGORE
Here are sequences from “Spring Stars”,
SARM’s camp dedicated to Global Astronomy Month,
taken even by the organizer…
CELESTIAL SPHERES
By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
It’s good to have a
friend who rounds your world with
astrophotography
AT THE “SPRING STARS” CAMP
Astro-photo-poem by Valentin Grigore
Above the stars, under the stars -
lesson of astronomy in the “Spring Star” Camp
at Runcu Stone during Global Astronomy Month 2021.
Then… to the cup with nectar.
Yes, a bud of life…
…paving the way for Asteroid Vesta (in opposition)
near Leo’s Triplet (NGC 3628 (Hamburger), M66 and M65),
many other weak galaxies (especially NGC 3593)
and the star Chertan (Teta Leo).
102
CHILDHOOD
(Bucharest, April 15, 2021)
Astro-photo-haiku by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
Age: only 3 days.
The Little Moon going to
the kindergarten.
103
LIVE TOURNAMENT WITH MIHAI DASCALU
On April 16, 2021
even the coordinator of the Bucharest Municipal Observatory,
Adrian Sonka, photographed Mihai Dascalu
(the telescopic specialist of this observatory in the last over 20 years) and me…
LOST IN TIME
By Mihai Dascalu
Lost in time through celestial waves of light
The past Universe is found in us
Arousing echoes through resonance
Which come to life again through us.
HOMAGE
Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
Hello, dear man with
telescopes, your world should be
almost infinite
104
EMAIL TOURNAMENT WITH IULIAN OLARU
Another tournament with
the former Romanian national astrohaiku laureate…
QUERIES
By Iulian Olaru
Shirt of heaven
woven in the night
from star thread
(Queries -
do the stars get the flu
in the spring?)
THE SPRING STAR
(Bucharest, April 5, 8 and 12, 2021)
Astro-photo-haiku by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
Arcturus - always
the symbol of a strong star
and a healthy spring
105
EMAIL TOURNAMENT WITH COSMIN SORIN MICLOS
Other sequences from SARM’s “Spring Stars” Camp…
BOUQUETS
By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
A bouquet of stars
gives always birth just to
a cluster of feelings
“SPRING STARS”
Astro-photo-poem by Cosmin Sorin Miclos
A bouquet of brandy
and we start in force SARM’s “Spring Stars” Camp
with a sunset behind a relay,
a meow in the morning
and a bouquet of stars…
106
MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS
(Bucharest, April 12, 2021)
Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
I didn’t know: the
Sun and a lake can create
multiple star systems
107
EMAIL TOURNAMENT WITH VALENTIN GRIGORE
The president of SARM with his astrophotography expedition
to Brasov County…
IN THE NIGHT
By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
Another state of
spirit - another flight with
another comet
THE SIMEA-FUNDATA EXPEDITION
Astro-photo-poem by Valentin Grigore
Comet C/2020 R4 (ATLAS) în Aquila on April 11, 2021.
Discovered on September 12, 2020, by the telescope
of the ATLAS program in Manua Loa, Hawaii.
Orbital period: 957 years.
Main colleagues in the image:
the star Okab (ζ Aql),
the clusters of stars IC 4756 in Serpens (Graff's Cluster or Secret Garden Cluster),
NGC 6709 (Flying Unicorn Cluster)
and NGC 6738 (in fact, an asterism assimilated to a cluster).
A spot of color between molecular clouds,
followed by Jupiter at dawn.
108
UNDER THE SUNLIGHT
(Bucharest, April 15, 2021)
Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
Once in my neighborhood,
on a limited terrace,
I saw a green world
with the children’s palace and observatory
ennobling that place.
109
EMAIL TOURNAMENT WITH VALENTIN GRIGORE
Many other joys transmitted by the president of SARM
from the “Spring Stars” Camp in Runcu Stone…
A PLACE WITH SKY LOVERS
By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
A camp of
astronomy - another dimension
on Planet Earth
AT RUNCU STONE
Astro-photo-poem by Valentin Grigore
“Spring Stars” camp.
Day joys:
rhe Bucegi Mountains seen through the window,
sunsets
and forest people.
Night joys:
the return of the constellation Scorpius,
dust of spring zodiacal light,
Mars and the fascination of the deep sky objects.
110
MATRIARCHATE?
(Bucharest, April 16, 2021)
Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
One morning a kind cloud suggested me
to watch the world better.
I know that the daylight is given by the Sun,
a G-type main-sequence star
composed of Hydrogen and Helium,
but a few young women walking on the street
made me remember that in more mythologies
the Sun is a goddess.
Their beauty made me ask myself
if we live in a matriarchal solar system.
111
EMAIL TOURNAMENT WITH CATALIN LITA
A short escape to Coma Berenices…
BERENICE
By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
Aphrodite has her
own hair so take care of your
stars, Queen of Egypt!
NEEDLE
Astro-photo-poem by Catalin Lita
About 40 million light-years away,
in a constellation called Coma Berenices,
we can find the Needle Galaxy
(or NGC 4565),
which is an example of a spiral galaxy
(such as the Milky Way).
It is special just because of
the angle at which it is shown to us,
revealing its magnificent galactic disk.
112
EMAIL TOURNAMENT WITH ION(UT) MORARU
Thanks to my neighborhood friend (a pillar
of SARM’s astro-humanistic movement since 1999),
we have a surprising work of astro-art-poetry…
BEYOND RESEARCH
By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
Astrobiology -
vital preparer for
the next cosmic trips
DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANTS
Astro-art-poem by Ion(ut) Moraru
It lives for a year on the International Space Station,
in an environment where no life form flourishes.
There, it lies on a solar panel, outside,
and quickly repairs its DNA like a bee that repairs its hive.
Nothing can bring her down,
neither lethal ultraviolet
nor dehydration or degrees with much plus or minus.
Is that bacteria extraterrestrial or earthly?
Scientists try to imitate its mechanism
for the protection
of those who will make future cosmic trips
in any direction.
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113
EMAIL TOURNAMENT WITH COSMIN SORIN MICLOS
The founder president of the “Astronomer Disciple” Association
unleashed in nature…
REVELATION
By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
Maybe the rings of
Saturn were inspired by
the Ring Nebula
SEQUENCES
Astro-photo-haiku by Cosmin Sorin Miclos
Door to nature.
We smile at a star.
M57, the Ring Nebula.
114
EMAIL TOURNAMENT WITH GELU CLAUDIU RADU
Former physicist and journalist in Romania,
editor of SARM’s magazine “Us and the Sky” (1996-2000),
leader of the Cluj Branch of SARM (until the 2000s),
author of short astropoems,
excellent astro-actor in the Astropoetry Shows
coordinated by SARM at the International Meteor Conferences (1997-2011),
now a … master chef in Germany!
GASTRONOMER ASTRONOMER
Astro-tipuristrigatura by Gelu Claudiu Radu
During GAM my mind is good
Only to rub astral food.
DRINKER ATRONOMER
(Bucharest, April 16, 2021)
Astro-photo-haiku by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
During GAM I think
I am able to prepare
only astral drink
115
EMAIL TOURNAMENT WITH VALENTIN GRIGORE
With the president of SARM and the Moon
at the Priseaca Lake…
LAKES
By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
All free lakes have
miraculous properties - they
can mirror the sky
LAKE MIRROR
Astro-photo-poem by Valentin Grigore
Mirror, a lake mirror in the evening,
here is the brush of the sun's rays
painting the sunset in warm colors.
Mirroring ... Between two heavens!
116
SKY JOKE
(Bucharest, April 17, 2021)
Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
Atmospheric wonder:
the Sun becoming a
blue-white B-type star
117
EMAIL TOURNAMENT WITH TIT TIHON
Global Astronomy Month 2021 was also a dream opportunity…
SEMI-GODS (REMEMBERING AND ANTICIPATING THE PERSEIDS)
By Tit Tihon
Thousands of fireworks lit up the light at night
Meteors of happiness radiated high
Drops in enchanting dance from the comet's tail
Golden candlesticks watched the stars in the distance
And the astral bodies floated in their dance
Weaving love on the materiality of the worlds
That on the faces like peonies melted in flames
The meadows of the living happiness of the wonderful flowers
The dewdrops looked like micron cold astral spheres
A true divine love of the Perseids
Blowing in vain among the solar winds
And wrapping the traveling Earth in their love
A pure love story of heavenly hearts
Crucifying a dream of the sky
That wanted to recreate our new stained glass windows
With semi-gods forgotten in the Milky Way
PREPARATIONS FOR SUMMER METEOR SHOWERS
(Vega, 2021-04-11)
Astro-photo-haiku by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
Vega (with Lyrids)
preparing us for faster
summer Perseids
118
CALLING THE MOON
Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
On April 21, from the Trajan Hall
I saw the Sun lowering on the Calarasi Way.
Then I went south on the Trajan Way, watching the dusk.
Finally, the Moon greeted me from the Sky Way.
119
“A WALK THROUGH THE UNIVERSE”
Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
Who’s a writer on
astronomy? Just a man
using a star pencil
On April 16, 2021
the coordinator of the
Admiral Vasile Urseanu Bucharest Municipal Observatory,
Adrian Bruno Sonka,
donated the first copy of his new work,
“A Walk through the Universe - Book of Astronomical Relaxation”,
to a SARM representative (me!).
The Universe is inexhaustible,
I always like to walk through it,
so I was glad I could use
a new cosmic pass
due to a guide
of high class.
120
ELECTRIC MOON
(Bucharest, April 22, 2021)
Astro-photo-haiku by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
Not even an
electric Moon can banish my
spring melancholy
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