Poetry in Space

In keeping with this being Nationa Poetry Month, below are a few poems about outer space. They are not on the Poetry in Community Poem Walk, which everyone in North Central Baltimore is urged to take; but they do show poetry is not confined to our planet. It can go boldly forward beyond earth's atmosphere and give us a glimpse of what is out there to discover. Before blasting off, here is a link to Poem Walk stops: http://crumopoperfest.blogspot.com/ 

Last Laugh by Lee Bennett Hopkins

They all laughed when I told them

I wanted to be 

A woman in space

Floating so free. 

But they won't laugh at me

When they finally see

My feet up on Mars

And my face on TV. 

Letter to the Moon by Jane Yolen

Dear Old Moon:

Your new moon face

Has human footprints every place.

The astronauts did not take care

And walked upon you everywhere.

But worse, they left behind a mess

That surely causes you distress.

Forgive us, moon,

Please keep your glow.

With love,

From all of us

below.

Children of the Sun by Brod Bagert

Mercury's small

Almost nothing at all. 

Venus is bright and near. 

Earth is a place with deep blue seas

And a sky that is blue and clear. 

Mars is red and angry. 

Jupiter has an eye. 

Saturn has rings of ice and stone

That circle round its sky. 

Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto

Are far away and cold. 

So now I know my planets

And I'm only six years old. 

These are from:  Blast Off! Poems About Space, Hopkins, Lee Bennett, NY, Harper Collins, 1995

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