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James J. Jackson

Poet and Journalist

Star Stuff

James J Jackson

800px-Milky_Way_IR_Spitzer

What an endless thought

from within our time.

A new question, finally,

to ponder as we turn our eyes above.

“We are made of starstuff.”

A humbling truth

and yet liberating to.

For we shine, if we so choose

or if we are so helped,

we shine as bright

as any star

10/26/14

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art, carl sagan, cosmos, literature, Neil Degrasse Tyson, poem, poems, poet, poetry, Poetry Blog, poetry blogs, poets, space, star stuff, Time

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October 26, 2014

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