I hear the songs of woven light
I see the warp and weft alight
The wax and wane of moon at night
The molten sun a golden kite
The telescope in silhouette
Canola gold, green fields of wheat
Across the valley tractors roar
As magpies warble, brown hawks soar
Along the day, into the night
Flow memories of woven light.
By Jim Cassidy
The poem ‘Melodies of Woven Light’ was used by Jason Murchie to enter a song for the Parkes Radio Telescope 60th Anniversary Competition. Jason won the music prize in the competition. The song features the sound of two pulsars, and the music’s percussion and melodies were written in response to the interesting sounds pulsars can generate.
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