The winning poem will be announced October 6, National Poetry Day 2005, the theme of which is The Future.
The Guardian reports:
Simon Singh, the science writer, suggested the opening lines of Auguries of Innocence by William Blake: "To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour."
He said: "Blake captures the essence of science in his first few lines. In fact, it almost seems like the very first line should have been engraved on the side of Nasa's Stardust probe, which tried to capture grains of sand from a comet ..."
What poem would you send to outer space?
2 comments:
That would depend on the reason for sending it :)
What started out as a comment on your blog and, then, became far too long to post as such, has become a post in progress.
Thanks for the provocative post!
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