Transit of Venus
astro-photo-poem by Dan Mitrut
1. Introduction
a few thin cumulus clouds
didn’t disturb us
We saw the great phenomenon
from the garden of a college,
a “transit” place
for children and students
2. Transit of the Heart
a round traveller
through the sun’s desert
a burnt walking stick
and some steps
writing in the ardent sand
VENUS
Copyright © 2005, Dan Mitrut
Copyright © 2004, Dan Mitrut
Romanian lawyer and poet Dan Mitrut is the author of numerous works of astronomical poetry, folk music, photography, graphics, sculpture, and drama. A meteor observer included in the International Meteor Organization Data Base, he is a multiple laureate for the astronomical arts at the Cosmopoetry Festival of the Romanian Society for Meteors and Astronomy-SARM. He serves as the technical vice president of SARM and has authored original astro-folk music recitals performed at the EuRoEclipse Perseids 99 (Romania) and the IMO Conference 2000 (Romania). More of this poet's work may be found in the SARM Golden Astropoetic Gallery.