Pouf Star Poem by Douglas Scotney
Pouf Star
The big-lake-end
of the Nile of the sky, Eridanus,
is the bright star Achernar -
after Arabic 'akhir al nahr',
'end of the river'.
The sea-end star,
right beside Orion's foot star, Rigel -
'al rijl', 'the foot' -
is Cursa -
'al cursa', 'the chair'.
To put your foot on a chair
was an evil, a misdeed -
an amiss-
so Cursa was called The Footstool;
The Pouf, after this.
The constellation Eridanus, The River.
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5/3/2024 10:15:11 AM # 1.0.0.1119
I find stars and starry nomenclature very interesting for their Arabic origins too so I enjoyed your unique brilliant poem. Kudos. Pls pleez do comment/ review my newest poem too titled, " The Hajj pilgrimage "