Space Poetry
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Songs of the space age.
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High Flight A favorite poem of aviators and astronauts.
As The Sun Sets Poem: as the sun sets, the mourners, hoarse,...
Beginning of A Beginning Poem: Syr Dar'ya, ancient river that flows down to the Aral river that flows up to the sky....
Fast Track Poem Poem: the visionary with a slide-rule named you: Silbervogel...- First Light Poem: At the mountain's top, I reach up,...
From an Astronaut's Spouse Poem: I could have sought by wit or wile...- Joy of Flying Poem: Turbines roar, their rush surges through us...
Now To Begin Poem: here, no angels sing, nor winged cherubim, nor seraphim that hover over a god's throne...
Pearl and Rogue Go For a Ride Poem: Dec 21st 1960 A clear night illuminated by the moon....
Playing with Fire Poem: Remember silos of sentinels?...
Sergei Korolov House, Moscow Poem: in the garden of the spacecraft designer, nightingales fly to his trees....
Ship's Log 0000 01 JAN 2001 Poem: We sail onboard space station "Alpha"...
Shuttle (poem) Poem: these are the laws of physics, immutable as those of Medes & Persians:...
Suiting Up Poem: My name is James McDivitt...
The Ballad of Dan McCann Poem: Rockets shake the earth, the needle rises...
The Celestial Empire Poem: the Great Ocean, two shores, two realms...
The Navigators Poem: Give the museum your hourglass...
The Stars My Destination Poem: Gully Foyle is my name...
The Titanium Monument Poem: On a sun-singed steppe, Sergei stood, said -...
The Woman from the Krasny Perekop Textile Mill Poem: traditionalists always fear women who fly...
We Chose Death Poem: The moon above...
When I was a kid, Poem: When I was a kid, we had 9 planets...
Zero-G and I'm Feeling Fine Poem: Floating and floating...