separations by Lynne Jambor

separations

The aluminum wall on the International Space Station is 1/10 of an inch thick.

 

a thoughtful child
examines the new boundary
classroom walls 

 

The latest iteration of Plant Habitat 4 raises the stakes on growing vegetables experimentally.

 

something to chew
with the usual mush
hatch chilies 

 

The location right now 20.91O North and 21.95 O West heading toward the West African Coast task list.

 

our pale blue dot
just rotates

 

I stand here and
search the night sky 

I am trying to envision a wall between inside and outside; a wall between throwing a seed in the ground and growing one in an artificial environment. Break down a wall between simple and complex; and a wall between imagination and reality. All of which could be expressed in better and different ways. I think I will spend the rest of my life scaling walls.

 

Lynne Jambor

separations is a haibun by Lynne Jambor

Added notes:

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/astronaut-shane-kimbrough-configures-the-advanced-plant-habitat

 

Episode 1 - Part 1 - Wall Thickness, The Unexpected, The Schedule, Getting Away

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqE68lwPS9o 

 

 

The haiku "a thoughtful child" is long-listed for

The Haiku Reader 2022 anthology:
https://thehaikureader.blogspot.com