The map of the heavens has long been the place where humanity has immortalized those narratives that are instructive to its understanding of the universe.   The named celestial bodies represent a repository of information from diverse cultures, both ancient and modern.   Each poem in this volume bears the name of the brightest named star of every visible constellation from both hemispheres. Insofar as mythology, science and religion offer us explanations of the properties and behavior of the physical world, Astrometry Orgonon, like the star-stories of old, creates a new, secular cosmology based on the scientific observations of Wilhelm Reich and Richard A. Muller compounded with various modern and ancient religions.   By accepting as fact the theories of these and other disputed or dis-proven worldviews, these poems speak of the tenuousness and fragility of human understanding, and offer a critique of the actions of humans during the past several millennia.

 

 

 

Mark Lamoureux lives in Astoria, NY and is the author of 5 chapbooks: Poem Stripped of Artifice (winner of the New School 2007 Chapbooks Contest), Traceland, 29 Cheeseburgers , Film Poems and City/Temple . He received his MFA in poetry from the New School in 2007.   His work has appeared in numerous publications both online and in print. He teaches English Composition at Queensborough Community College in New York.