Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 photographed by Hubble telescope (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Sparkling stars spiral
In glittering galaxies
Bleak blackness beyond
Sugar sprinkled stars
On a blue velvet background
Heaven happens here
Last week I went with some WI friends to a talk entitled “A Universe of Stars”. Dr Paul Olver FGS FRAS gave a fascinating talk with slides and photographs as snowflakes fluttered down outside Bromsberrow’s beautiful village hall. Being one of the many people who cannot comprehend the size and scale of the universe and all that is in it, I found the talk very educational and enlightening.
When I was a little girl my father used to take me for night time walks and tell me all that he knew about constellations but I never really understood any of it! Now I can honestly say thanks to Dr Olver I do ~ well I understand a lot more anyway: Black Holes, White Dwarfs, Galaxies, Supernova, Dying Stars, Nebula, Light Years, Constellations, Big Bang Theory ~ these things now make (some) sense to me. If the sky had been clear we would have gone outside with Dr Olver’s range of telescopes, but although it was cloudy we were not deprived, as he had brought along a range of photos taken from the Hubble Space telescope which were absolutely astounding. With all the new digital photography and space technology it is almost possible to take photographs at the edge of the universe where our wonderful world began.
Some of the galaxies looked like sugar spilled on a dark linen tablecloth and they set me off writing haiku.
My camera does not do justice to what we saw but I have added a few photos that I took to give you a taste of the evening.
Heavenhappens 
In 2010, I started a poetry blog called Stars in my Sugar Bowl. Mostly, I write haiku and scifaiku (science fiction haiku). I totally understand what you mean! 🙂
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Lovely! 😉
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Thanks x
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Heavenly imagination!! Sky as an overturned Sugar bowl… lovely photographs…
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Thanks, I am glad you enjoyed it ~ it does though sometimes on a clear night look like a sugar bowl has been overturned!
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This entire post is fabulous. I like the sugar stars.
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Oh I am so glad you liked it. Yhanks for letting me know, it means a lot to know my post was enjoyed by others x
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Yes the night sky can fire our imaginations can’t it!? Lovely post!
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Thank you x I love to look at the stars x magical nights when the sky is clear which is sadly not very often in the Cotswolds x
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Truly, heaven happens on your blog. Well done 🙂
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Oh thank you x what a lovely comment x
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You’ve pinned the night sky magically!
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Thanks Cheryl x I was quite taken with the evening x
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I find the image of sugar-sprinkled stars to be enchanting!
Sugar Me a Haiku!
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Well it really looked like a sugar bowl had been overturned in the heavens when i went to my talk. There were stars in the sky and snow fluttering down ~ magical x
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