the observatory
American astronomer Henrietta S. Leavitt (one of Pickering’s “computers”) provided readers a walking tour of the Harvard Observatory grounds in a 1896 book “Cambridge Sketches.” I have redacted her tour into general poem about the wonders of viewing.
Good Evening: So when will you collect all these astropoems and publish them in the iTunes Bookstore? Vonn Scott Bair
Very kind of you to ask! I’m thrilled you’re enjoying these poems. I don’t have any formal plans to publish outside this blog yet. I’ll be sure to keep you in the loop if I do! All the best to you.