6/30/2023 0 Comments Pale blue dot poem![]() ![]() The second annual Universe in Verse - a celebration of science through poetry, and a voice of resistance against the assault on nature - opened with the poem “A Brave and Startling Truth” by Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928–May 28, 2014), which flew to space on the Orion spacecraft and which Angelou dedicated to “the hope for peace, which lies, sometimes hidden, in every heart.” I chose this poem to set the tone for the show in part because it is absolutely stunning and acutely relevant to our cultural moment, and in part because the first time I read it, it sparked in me a sudden insight into the often invisible ways in which science and poetry influence and inspire one another - into how the golden threads of thought and feeling stretch and cross-hatch across disciplines to weave what we call culture.Īngelou composed the poem for the 50th anniversary of the United Nations in 1995. Photo by Scott Eells / Stringer / Getty Images. ![]()
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