Night Sky V
JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE When human beings first eyed the sky They found schooling in time, night and day, Month and year, an aid to fruitful living, Birth of strategic planning and planting. Constellations, shapes in the sky, Became guides through earth’s seasons Named in Latin by astronomers distilling a thousand namings across the globe. Eyes grew far-sighted through glass. Galileo’s telescope putting us in our place Alongside moon, planets and stars And galaxies humbling our own. Now awesome images emerge from James Webb space telescope Lending sight of exo-planets Through man-made eyes seeing infrared. As human eyes expand their sight To see beyond our galaxy We catch the twinkle in God’s eyes Reflected in sparkling immensity. John Twisleton 13 July 2022