Not for us, the scientifically uninformative nursery rhymes, no!
For my amusement I decided to rewrite “Twinkle twinkle little star”. I thought making it more scientifically rigorous would flatten out the beauty and whimsy of the poem, but it turns out that adding science into your poetic verse actually elevates it with a dash of wonder.
Burning, burning, blazing sun,
How I wonder how you run.
Crushing hydrogen with might,
Pouring out your endless light,
Burning, burning, blazing sun,
How I wonder how you run.
Glowing, glowing, gentle moon,
Waxing thin and full so soon,
Riding high above the trees,
Pulling oceans as you please.
Glowing, glowing, gentle moon,
Waxing thin and full so soon.
Blazing, blazing, comet bright,
Trailing dust across the night,
Will you pass this way again
Long beyond the lives of men?
Blazing, blazing, comet bright,
Trailing dust across the night.
Flashing, flashing, sudden light,
Scratched across the summer night,
Gone before I say your name,
Grain of dust undone by flame.
Flashing, flashing, sudden light,
Scratched across the summer night.
Shifting, shifting, curtain green,
Coldest fire I've ever seen,
Hanging where the north wind blows,
Silent as the falling snows.
Shifting, shifting, curtain green,
Coldest fire I've ever seen.
Dusty, dusty, spilling white,
Only seen on darkest night,
Every smudge a thousand suns,
Farther than my counting runs.
Dusty, dusty, spilling white,
Only seen on darkest night.
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