Solar Sonnet 8: All Under One Sun
by Caroline Burrows / VerseCycle
Solar Sonnet 8:All Under One SunIn Scottish Gaelic, it is called ‘grian’,The word was ‘sunne’ in Middle English,‘Rā’ is Maori, that’s antipodean,In Middle Earth, say ‘anar’, if Elvish,It can turn the heads of young sunflowers,Gets followed by the faces of daisies,It heats air and creates thundershowers,And helps tides spring high with the waves on seas,Without it, our world would have no more days,At night we’d never ever see the Moon,Just specks of light would shine as we stargaze,From memories of suns, out past Neptune,Would Proxima Centauri greet exiles,If we drifted twenty-five trillion miles?Copyright © 2024 Caroline Burrows.
Caroline Burrows’ poetry has featured on BBC Radio 4, been printed in BBC Sky at Night Magazine, and a documentary ‘The Bristol Bike Bard’ was selected and shown at Kendal Mountain, Sheffield Adventure, and Adventure Uncovered Film Festivals. Her year of daily eco-poetry verses ‘It’s Not Easy Being Green’ was short-listed fo/r the Sustainability First Art Prize and exhibited at Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival. Her own one-woman poetry show by bike ‘Turning Pedals into Poems’ was shortlisted for best show in the 2023 Saboteur Awards, and also gained her a place in Cycling UK’s #100WomenInCycling 2022 for cycling to perform in venues from Bristol to Berwick-upon-Tweed. She has previously worked on poetry commissions on the theme of mental health for Glenside Hospital Museum, Bristol Ideas; and eco-poetry for Triodos the Ethical Bank. In 2023, she performed and taught poetry at Durham Cathedral as part of the Gaia/Earth installation; was Poet in Residence at Cromarty Arts Trust, and appeared at Morecambe Poetry Festival. As well as poetry, her short stories have been published in The National Flash Fiction Anthology, and The Charles Causley Trust, and she has written articles for several publishers including Cycling UK & Adventure Cyclist magazines. Her first full poetry collection will be released by Jawbone Press in March 2024.You can find out more on IG/Twitter/Facebook/YouTubes/LinkTree: @VerseCycleYouTube/Facebook/Twitter/IG.
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Solar Sonnet Number Eight by Caroline Burrows @VerseCycle In Scottish Gaelic, it is called ‘grian’, The word was ‘sunne’ in Middle English, ‘Rā’ is Maori, that’s antipodean, In Middle Earth, say ‘anar’, if Elvish, It can turn the heads of young sunflowers, Gets followed by the faces of daisies, It heats air and creates thundershowers,
And helps tides spring high with the waves on seas, Without it, our world would have no more days, At night we’d never ever see the Moon, Just specks of light would shine as we stargaze, From memories of suns, out past Neptune, Would Proxima Centauri greet exiles, If we drifted twenty-five trillion miles?