Stellar Songs Poem by Harley White

For centuries of ancient thought
cosmic harmonies have been sought
in the vast eternal motion
of the grand galactic ocean.

To some the twinkling sky inspires
poems about celestial choirs.
But if those serenades occur
it's just as if they never were,
since sounds of stars cannot be heard
‘tis said, not even by a bird,
nor bat or dolphin, beast or man;
for frequencies are higher than
any species of mammal can
detect in auditory span.

Albeit space may ‘silent' be,
the waves traverse that spatial sea,
which scientists convert to sound.
Plus other systems have been found.

With asteroseismology,
a useful methodology,
"starquake" flickers of light can turn
into sonancy to discern.

Still, stars are sounding on their own,
with song motifs as yet unknown,
Aural hums and thrums they render
symphonize great Nature's splendor
in astro-plasma pulses strange
from universe's tonal range,
like resonance of bells immense
ariose in a stellar sense,
with strains, refrains sidereal,
majestic sounds ethereal.

Is there a unifying theme
melodious in heavens' scheme?
If only humans had the ears
to hear the music of the spheres!