Ursine Connections….
by Bernie Bell - 07:57 on 29 November 2022
Ursine Connections….
Bartholomew Barker is travelling. On Friday he presented us with a Fraiku about jet-lag….
"Fraiku: Jet lag
I walk alien streets
Beneath clouds just crossed
Yet my head remains fogged"
Then - on Monday ….
She shines her sideways smile
From too low in the sky
Polaris too high
Image taken from my hotel room with my phone. She looms much larger in my mind's eye."
So, I’m thinking he’s somewhere under different skies to those of North Carolina – and the planets are placed differently. Polaris is Ursa Minor – small bear. That’s me. And here for Bart, on his travels in the land of my ancestors, is a poem – and a painting - about the bears – and the way home - by Mike….
The Way Home
Night sky reels over into darkness at last, as
North leans away from Sun. And
Look, the Bears are back!
Summer’s done
Fulfilled, we look back over Light Years to
Where they point the way Home
Mike Bell - August 2018
Travel Well and Safe Home Bartholomew. https://bartbarkerpoet.com/
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Meanwhile – at about the same time yesterday evening - taken from our front door….
‘I’m ready for my close-up now…..’
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Here’s one I made earlier….. https://theorkneynews.scot/2022/05/24/bearsand-spring/
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