The Observable Universe: A Poetry Sampler
The Observable Universe takes its title from Jen Stein’s poem included here in this sampling of poems that evokes our longings for the routines of the moon, the oceans, the “universe’s / slow rotation.” Read what happens when we ponder the night skies with its mysterious constellations and burning stars while “the moon sings its low / hymn of tides.”
We dedicate this collection to the memory of Michael Williams, one of the poets featured in this sampler, who left our universe too soon.
~Marianne Worthington, poetry editor
Clint Carroll
Starting Over
Jessica Fischoff
The Reciprocity of the Night Sky
Connie Jordan Green
Sky Gazing
Marc Harshman
I Keep the Door Open
Scott Honeycutt
Floyd's Bluff
Llewellyn McKernan
Going with the Flow
Anna Egan Smucker
Cicada
Jen Stein
The observable universe
Allison Thorpe
Light and How It Falls Through Windows
Michael Williams
The Moon Altogether