And I said: Mars, why be parsimonious?īobbing in viridian lagoons quasars dwindling Give me a thrill from that petrified seed.īones. If you’ve got any pull up there, bring meīack by the solar wind, in its mouth a dollop Pent-up in that endless coliseum of stars, (Available as a print and as stationery cards.)īlur cat-napping under Venus: gauzy, dis. The great comet of 1881 by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot. (Available as a print and as stationery cards.) One of Étienne Léopold Trouvelot’s groundbreaking astronomical drawings.
Phases of Venus and Saturn by Maria Clara Eimmart, early 1700s. It’s unfinished so it shouldn’t yet be quoted publically.īut the poem was eventually finished and, along with fourteen others, included in the 1976 poetry anthology The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral ( public library) by Diane Ackerman - a whimsical and wonderful ode to the universe, celebrating its phenomena and featuring a poem for each planet in the Solar System, as well as one specifically dedicated to Carl Sagan. The enclosed poem, ‘The Other Night’ by Dianne Ackermann of Cornell, is something I think we both resonate to. On February 19, 1974, shortly before visiting Timothy Leary in prison, Carl Sagan sent the psychedelic pioneer a letter discussing evolution, the possibility of extraterrestrial life, and the details of the upcoming visit.
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