Cerulean Chiaroscuro Poem by AtreyaSarma Uppaluri

The panoramic cerulean tapestry
What an amazing celestial mystery!

Woven with prominences rocky
Icebergs and glaciers so glassy
Islands very idyllic,
Peninsulas exotic,
Archipelagos galactic
And billowing oceans lactic
Pomeranians fluffy
Teddy bears bushy chubby
Phantoms, dragons and ghouls monstrous
Owls, bats and vultures ominous
Hyenas and wolves dangerous
Whales, dolphins and sharks humongous
Banyan, walnut, oak, sequoia - wondrous
Elephant, rhino, kangaroo, beaver - so strange
Ostrich, crocodile, anaconda – what a range!

Image of every object and creature
Down on the earth and deep in the deep
Is saved on the blue domed canvas sweep
Some in pastel, some others in sculpture
Some in slow motion
Some in still version.

Some coming up close face to face
To shake hands in a tempting fling
Or to merge in a tight embrace
Or mate into a new being.

Some sizing up
Some sizing down
The fleecy denizens
Drifting by in dozens.

A colour movie show silent
On a mega screen ambient
In an open theatre to your glee
On a ticket that is totally free.

Or is it a good aide memoire graphic
To a keen student willing and telic
Of the earth sciences or arts fine
Or of fashion designing line?

[Sep 19,2009: : Greenfield, Wisconsin]