Banner Graphic (Greencastle, IN)
February 2, 2022
Some poetry lovers might say Joe Heithaus's work is out of this world. Heavenly. Otherworldly.Come this summer, they'll be literally correct. "Silence," a sonnet written by the DePauw English professor, is headed to the moon, part of a poetic payload arranged by Samuel Peralta, a physicist, entrepreneur and art aficionado who already has deposited some of his own written words there.
The poem will be etched on nickel microfiche, which should last millions of years, Peralta told