Monika Magdalena Burbo
Copernicus Monument in Warsaw
Oh, what a Pole!
A journey through time
There lived once upon a time Copernicus
Not likely to ever have sipped hibiscus.
He made the whole world go round
Revealing spheres we know now abound.
Wouldn’t you say Copernicus was bright
Bringing space workings for us to light?
On mysteries hitherto in cauldrons hid
Lifting the lid, that’s what he did.
Turning the earth flat into a globe
As now accepted human abode.
And so we float in the universe here
Producing pearls like those of Shakespeare.
With astronomy as only a pastime
Would he have with it tasted some chime wine?
Spurning his thoughts on – revealing the matter.
Surely he knew to keep free of clutter.
As one of the really & truly Renaissance band,
He once led the army in defence of the land.
Mathematician, physician, polyglot and scholar,
Catholic cleric, translator and jurist.
Governor, economist, diplomat and artist,
……
One thing Copernicus was not all that keen on
Was astrology so popular with divinists anon.
Not that sort of star movement Copernicus was for
Fated to lead us from cauldrons ashore.
He sounds like a clever and brave man to boot.
Would he now vote with his left or right foot?
To be slightly changed
& elongated further – I’m not 100% happy with some of the rhythms in it.
Copernicus Monument in Warsaw
Oh, what a Pole!
A journey through time
There lived once upon a time Copernicus
Not likely to ever have sipped hibiscus.
He made the whole world go round
Revealing spheres we know now abound.
Wouldn’t you say Copernicus was bright
Bringing space workings for us to light?
On mysteries hitherto in cauldrons hid
Lifting the lid, that’s what he did.
Turning the earth flat into a globe
As now accepted human abode.
And so we float in the universe here
Producing pearls like those of Shakespeare.
With astronomy as only a pastime
Would he have with it tasted some chime wine?
Spurning his thoughts on – revealing the matter.
Surely he knew to keep free of clutter.
As one of the really & truly Renaissance band,
He once led the army in defence of the land.
Mathematician, physician, polyglot and scholar,
Catholic cleric, translator and jurist.
Governor, economist, diplomat and artist,
……
One thing Copernicus was not all that keen on
Was astrology so popular with divinists anon.
Not that sort of star movement Copernicus was for
Fated to lead us from cauldrons ashore.
He sounds like a clever and brave man to boot.
Would he now vote with his left or right foot?
To be slightly changed
& elongated further – I’m not 100% happy with some of the rhythms in it.