Round Numbers
Everything is ringed
Starting with the noise
That some of us
Must have
Inside our ears
Though meaning more
The matter of
Rings upon the water
In the rain
The ring-edge of the Earth
Around it
And through it
The circular movements of
Well
Everything
The ringness of orbits
‘Round the sun
The shape and movements
Kept inside
Of asteroids
And comets
How many planets
Each world
Is ringed as well
With its own attributes
And energies
Then watch
(or have the artist’s
replication)
The spiral movement of the galaxy
The rounded shapes of all
The galaxies
Of turning stars
And the dancing pas de deux of
Nebulae passing
Around
And by its own
Rule for ballet
Sometimes through each other
Maybe to shout
Or loudly
Sing
Like on that sunny street
ROUND
Is extraordinary
Necessary
Consider all the curvature that must
Be on
The faces of God
C L Couch
Photo by John Peters on Unsplash
I threw a rock into the lake with the intent of photographing the ripple effect and with the thought of how when we are kind to others it grows out in ripples to others who in turn spread kindness (still) to others.
[photographer's caption, revised]
Life on Neptune
I selected Neptune
Because I’ve never read
Anything speculative about it
Most of the time, it looks blue
On a map
Like a blue piece
Of sea glass
I might have around somewhere
Life on Neptune would be
Hard
Poison for an atmosphere
Contrary gravity
So distant from our first home
More so from life-giving sun
How grace might provide a
Reason for the colony
We’d be that much closer to
Life among the stars
In company with everything far-flung
In our system and
Not to dissemble
Our own galaxy
We’d have to think that way, or else
The nearness of our labors
In such a lifeless place
Static resources notwithstanding
Should drive us mad
For having dared
Such faraway commitments
C L Couch
Lent 27
(1 Corinthians 12:17)
We learn we are not an eye
But thankful to have it
I am many parts
So are you
So are we
And with others
Together
It is a body, yes
It has many strengths
Many colors
Many purposes
It cannot be judged
By standards of perfection
Unless we understand
We accept
That diminishment comes with time
That disabled happens
Sometimes from the start
Don’t add an automaton
To thinking
If it’s there,
Remove it
We are splendid
Like a galaxy
The galaxy of us
If not grace,
Similarly amazing
C L Couch
Photo by Bryan Goff on Unsplash
I took a short 20 minute drive the other night to one of my favorite spots to see the stars. It was exceptionally clear this night. What you are looking at is the core of the milky way. This photo is made up of 30 photos stacked and stitched together to produce this shot. I hope you enjoy it and that if you get a chance to look up at night and view the stars. I’m on IG @bryangoffphoto Stop by and say hi!
(characteristics of a pillar of fire and a pillar of cloud)
Fine Day
After many tries, I’ve found
A cup that right for soup
Shiny with a handle the right size for
The skin between my knuckles
Black, not so heavy, portable
Hot from the microwave
A Prufrock thing, perhaps
I handle the part thing in my hair
But not having so much of one
And I’ve dared to eat the peach,
Preferring clementines
Nothing much
Which is the point
We meet the God of the universe
Through an open orange pit
And stirring a galaxy in coffee
I think Julian might approve
C L Couch
https://pxhere.com/fr/photo/165696
Observatory
To the north
And maybe through
An ozone layer
They peer into
Convex-concave
Holes to note
In quiet, confident
Accented tones
Of practice
And of speech
Jupiter disappears
Then returns
Again to view
And while
Watching another
Galaxy, discoveries
Follow with small
Gasps
This is an age
Of receiving
Messages of
Broadcasts,
Messages of
Design—they
Transmit, and
Now we can look
And glimpse
Moments of
Creation
Circles
On a page
From one who
Owns the book
clcouch123 
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