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Poem of the week: The Learn’d Astronomer by Michael Robbins

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Recalling the intense passions of teenage years with seriousness worn lightly, this poem finds room for both the throwaway and the infinite

The Learn’d Astronomer

How long must we hymn the twinkling stars
before we admit they are no more distant
than the glow-in-the-dark stickers adorning
the ceiling of my first girlfriend’s boudoir?

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