Inspired by the theme at
Day 6 of September Heights is on. I have to come with a strong one because I contributed the prompt for today Milky Way.
In ancient times as e.g. at the Inca and Mayan Culture the Milky Way was seen as the womb and birth canal of women and fertility (I don't know if this is the good word). In ancient Japan the Milky Way was called the River of Stars and was also associated with fertility. So the Milky Way is female, but ... Let me look at the scientific way to the Milky Way.
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| Credits: The Milky Way, it's origin |
The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains the Earth. This name derives from its appearance as a dim "milky" glowing band arching across the night sky, in which the naked eye cannot distinguish individual stars. The term "Milky Way" is a translation of theClassical Latin via lactea, from the Hellenistic Greek γαλαξίας κύκλος (pr. galaxías kýklos, "milky circle"). The Milky Way appears like a band because it is a disk-shaped structure being viewed from inside. The fact that this faint band of light is made up of stars was proven in 1610 when Galileo Galilei used his telescope to resolve it into individual stars. In the 1920s, observations by astronomer Edwin Hubble showed that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies. (Source: Wikipedia)
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| Credits: The Milky Way |
Well.... enough information on the Milky Way ... let's do some haiku writing (smiles).
the heavenly river
seen in the middle of the night
giving birth
giving birth
to billions of stars
the Milky Way
the Milky Way -
I can see the river of stars
through the broken window
through the broken window
I think of Galileo Galilei -
the sun in the middle
the sun in the middle
Earth is dancing around him -
the heavenly river
Hm ... I am not satisfied with this cascading one ... something is missing, but what ...? I don't know. It was a pleasure to write this set of haiku and that's enough ...
By the way I have also posted a September Heights haiku on my wordpress blog Basho2012 for the prompt Milky Way. Follow the link ... dive into my other weblog.
