A set of haikus:
Interstellar Medium
The Stuff Between Stars
outside of our world,
all around our galaxy
in between the stars
vast clouds of gas swirl
pushed and lit up by the stars
steered by magnetism
in places it’s cool
quiet diffuse hydrogen
with sparse specks of dust
some places it’s warm
and ionised by starlight
fluorescent but thin
the coldest places
are the molecular clouds
giant nebulae
in their frozen cores
compacting and compacting
new stars find their birth
nuclear fusion
sets old dust burning anew
the cycle repeats
hot, hotter it gets
turns old dust into new light
illumination
round old stars and new
hot hydrogen, ionised
beautiful halos
blown by stellar winds
the clouds form new cavities
gases pushed away
hot star-driven waves
form loops, arcs and shells of stars
daughters of giants.