Galileo’s Daughter – Suor Maria Celeste - by
Cold stars pin down the night that breathes
/ below the frothy veil of the Milky Way.
/ My father’s gaze is fixed…
astronomy
The Bonnie Broukit Bairn - by
Mars is braw in crammasy,
/ Venus in a green silk goun,
/ The auld mune shak’s her gowden feathers,
/ Their starry talk’s a wheen…